Usually means: Secure ship by lowering anchor.
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  1. drop anchor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. drop anchor: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drop anchor: Vocabulary.com
  4. drop anchor: Wiktionary
  5. drop anchor: Dictionary.com
  6. drop anchor: Rhymezone
  7. drop anchor: FreeDictionary.org
  8. drop anchor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. drop anchor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. drop anchor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drop anchor)

verb:  (nautical) To 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.
verb:  To stop travelling and settle down.
verb:  (euphemistic) To defecate.

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