Usually means: Drop anchor to secure boat.
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  1. cast anchor: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. cast anchor: Wiktionary
  4. cast anchor: Dictionary.com
  5. cast anchor: Rhymezone
  6. Cast Anchor: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  7. cast anchor: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cast anchor)

▸ verb:  (nautical) To drop anchor or otherwise moor a ship.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To take up a position.

Similar:
anchor, drop anchor, moor, moor up, anchour, stock, back, becue, ship, bend, more...

Types:
mushroom, kedge, plow, danforth, stockless, grapnel, more...

Phrases:
to cast anchor, more...

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Similar:
anchor, drop anchor, moor, moor up, anchour, stock, back, becue, ship, bend, more...

Types:
mushroom, kedge, plow, danforth, stockless, grapnel, more...

Phrases:
to cast anchor, more...



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