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swallow the anchor

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To leave the navy.

slang

Examples

“My grand pa was the carpenter on his ship, but had a few years before swallowed the anchor and stepped on land⟳ to repair⟳ boats.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

swallow the dictionary swallow the leek swallow up swallowe swallowed swallowed a bitter pill

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