How to pronounce “drop anchor”

Meaning

• [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.
• To stop travelling and settle down.
• (euphemistic) To defecate.

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