Definition of "weigh anchor" [weigh anchor]

• To raise the anchor from the seabed prior to getting under way (verb)

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• "The battleship was too close, however, and a Cape Helles fort fired fifty-six shells, hitting Agamemnon seven times, killing three men and wounding seven, before the ship could weigh anchor and move."