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under weigh

adverb
|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of under weigh

: underway

Examples of under weigh in a Sentence

  1. registration for the summer session is under weigh

Origin and Etymology of under weigh

by folk etymology

under weigh Synonyms

Synonyms

afoot, under way;

Near Antonyms

deferred, delayed, postponed;

suspended;

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