cast off
— phrasal verb with cast uk/kɑːst/us/kæst/verb cast, cast
(LEAVE)
If a boat casts off, it leaves the shore:
The ship was scheduled to cast off at 8 p.m.
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Arriving & departing by boat or ship
- anchor
- berth
- cast
- dock
- land
- landing
- launch
- launcher
- moor
- sail
- sea
- shove
- shove off!
- weigh
(FINISH)
specialized fabrics in knitting, to use special stitches to finish the thing you are making
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- seamstress
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- stitch
- tack
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