How to pronounce “beat to quarters”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive, nautical) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy.

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Similar Sounds

headquarters, head quarters, backwaters, backwater, back water, backorder, betancourt, bettencourt, back order, bilgewater