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bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo defecate.Rate it:

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let go an anchor to the windward of the lawTo keep within the letter of the law.Rate it:

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lift upTo lighten the mood of someone.Rate it:

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lift a fingerTo make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.Rate it:

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lift offTo take offRate it:

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lift someone's spiritsto cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.Rate it:

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lift upTo elevate to a higher position.Rate it:

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pump ironTo lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.Rate it:

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bitter endThat part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.Rate it:

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jack upTo raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.Rate it:

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hold upTo support or lift.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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hike upTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.Rate it:

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pull upLift upwards or vertically.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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dumb waiterrestaurant liftRate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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ad ancoram consistereto ride at anchor.Rate it:

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ad ancoras deligarito ride at anchor.Rate it:

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ancoram (ancoras) tollereto weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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ancoras iacereto drop anchor.Rate it:

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ancoras tollereto weigh anchor.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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break groundTo lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.Rate it:

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c'est sa planche de salutIt is his last hope, his sheet-anchor.Rate it:

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faire la courte échelle à quelqu'unTo allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.Rate it:

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get a leg upTo get a boost or a lift.Rate it:

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in ancoris esse, stare, consistereto ride at anchor.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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moor upTo cast anchor or become fastened.Rate it:

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moor upTo fix or secure in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the likeRate it:

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navem (naves) solvereto weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.Rate it:

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solvere (B. G. 4. 28)to weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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sordini levatilift the mutes; remove the dampersRate it:

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up and downVertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.Rate it:

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起錨to raise anchor; to weigh anchorRate it:

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