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▸ verb: (nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.
▸ verb: (figurative) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.
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▸ verb: (nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.
▸ verb: (figurative) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.
Similar:
fill away,
back,
brace aback,
Vang,
back up,
beat,
tack,
sail close to the wind,
pass,
draw,
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