drop anchor

English

Verb

drop anchor (third-person singular simple present drops anchor, present participle dropping anchor, simple past and past participle dropped anchor)

(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.
Antonym: weigh anchor
(euphemistic) To defecate.
- 2005, John Illig, Pacific Dream, →ISBN, page 204:
  Junkyard Dog always stopped for lengthy bathroom breaks by announcing his intentions in advance, using a different euphemism every time, saying, to name a few, "I have to: drop anchor... do some paperwork... lay some foundation... pinch a loaf... lighten my load...."
- 2011, Andy Weir, chapter 9, in The Martian, →ISBN, page 95:
  And if you think things are bad after opening the piss box, imagine the smell after I drop anchor.
- 2014 Feb. 24, Ashley Burns, "A Company Will Soon Offer A VIP Public Restroom In New York City For $8 A Plop," UPROXX Web Culture (retrieved 26 July 2015):
  POSH is the perfect alternative to . . . stopping in a filthy, germ-infested public restroom to drop anchor. . . . Instead, the POSH Stow and Go offers people a private, clean bathroom experience.
Synonyms: drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop the kids off at the pool; see also Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

release the anchor of a ship

Finnish: laskea ankkuri, pudottaa ankkuri
French: jeter l'ancre (fr)
Hebrew: הֵטִיל עֹגֶן‎ (he) (hetil ogen)
Turkish: demir atmak (tr)

References

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