- weigh anchor
- Synonyms and related words:board, break ground, cast away, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, detach, disengage, doff, drop the mooring, embark, embus, emplane, enplane, entrain, free, go aboard, go on board, go on shipboard, liberate, loose, loose for sea, loosen, put to sea, release, remove, take off, take ship, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmoor, unstick, unstrap, untie, up-anchor
Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.