To pay out the cable
| to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. |
See also: Cable
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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- To parcel a seam
- To part a cable
- To part company
- To pass (something) on (some one
- To pass a dividend
- To pass around the hat
- To pass away
- To pass by
- To pass into
- To pass muster
- To pass off
- To pass on
- To pass over
- To patter flash
- To pattern after
- To pause upon
- To pawl the capstan
- To pay attention to
- To pay for
- To pay off
- To pay one in his own coin
- To pay one's court
- To pay one's duty
- To pay one's footing
- To pay out
- To pay out the cable
- To pay scot and lot
- To pay the debt of nature
- To pay the piper
- To peck at
- to perfection
- To perk it
- To pick a bone with
- To pick a crow
- To pick a quarrel
- To pick a thank
- To pick at
- To pick off
- To pick out
- To pick to pieces
- To pick up
- To pile arms
- To pin one's faith upon
- To pinch at
- To pinon the sleeve of
- To pipe in an ivy leaf
- To pitch (a) camp
- To pitch into
- To place in the background
- To play at ducks and drakes
- To play booty
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- To part company
- To pass (something) on (some one
- To pass a dividend
- To pass around the hat
- To pass away
- To pass by
- To pass into
- To pass muster
- To pass muster
- To pass off
- To pass on
- To pass over
- to pass the buck
- to pass the hat
- to pass the time of day
- To patter flash
- To pattern after
- To pause upon
- to pave the way
- To pawl the capstan
- To pay attention to
- To pay for
- to pay in someone's own coin
- To pay off
- To pay one in his own coin
- To pay one's court
- to pay one's dues
- To pay one's duty
- To pay one's footing
- To pay out
- To pay out the cable
- To pay scot and lot
- To pay the debt of nature
- To pay the piper
- To pay the piper
- to pay the price
- to pay through the nose
- To peck at
- to perfection
- To perk it
- to pick a bone
- To pick a bone with
- To pick a crow
- To pick a quarrel
- To pick a thank
- to pick and choose
- To pick at
- To pick off
- To pick out
- to pick someone's brain
- To pick to pieces
- To pick up
- to pieces
- to pieces
- to pieces
- to pieces
- to pieces
- To pile arms
- To pin one's faith upon
- to pin one's hopes on
- To pinch at
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