Usually means: Incorrect course in sailing maneuver.
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  1. false tack: Merriam-Webster
  2. false tack: Wordnik
  3. false tack: Wiktionary
  4. False tack: Dictionary.com
  5. false tack: FreeDictionary.org
  6. False tack: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (nautical) A coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

Similar:
tack, change of tack, reach, tackle fall, swig, tittup, luff, tugging, turnaround, list, more...

Opposite:
true course, correct heading, accurate direction

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Similar:
tack, change of tack, reach, tackle fall, swig, tittup, luff, tugging, turnaround, list, more...

Opposite:
true course, correct heading, accurate direction



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