swallow the anchor en · VERB
Meanings
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(slang) To leave the navy.
My grand pa was the carpenter on his ship, but had a few years before swallowed the anchor and stepped on land to repair boats.
2008, Scott Telek, The Ghost Ship, page 184:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swallowing the anchor | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| swallowed the anchor | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| swallowed the anchor | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| swallows the anchor | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |