sheet anchor
noun/ˈʃiːt æŋkə(r)/
/ˈʃiːt æŋkər/
- a person or thing that you can depend on in a difficult situationWord Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps related to obsolete shot, denoting two cables spliced together, later influenced by sheet sense 6.
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