slip the cable

verb

To release the end of the cable (for mooring or anchoring) on board and let it all run out and go overboard, such as when it is not appropriate to weigh anchor.

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Meanings

verbslip the cable (third-person singular simple present slips the cable, present participle slipping the cable, simple past and past participle slipped the cable)

present singular third person slips the cable · participle present slipping the cable · participle past slipped the cable · past slipped the cable

  1. datednauticalTo release the end of the cable (for mooring or anchoring) on board and let it all run out and go overboard, such as when it is not appropriate to weigh anchor.
  2. datedidiomaticnauticalTo die.
  3. datedidiomaticTo shed, to get rid of
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Chicago

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