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Meaning of swallow the anchor | Babel Free

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.

See also

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