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run a tight ship

run a tight ship
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhn ey tahyt ship]
    • /rʌn eɪ taɪt ʃɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhn ey tahyt ship]
    • /rʌn eɪ taɪt ʃɪp/

Definitions of run a tight ship words

  • noun run a tight ship a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 1
  • noun run a tight ship Nautical. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast. Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts. Compare shipentine. 1
  • noun run a tight ship the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave the ship shore leave. 1
  • noun run a tight ship an airship, airplane, or spacecraft. 1
  • verb with object run a tight ship to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc. 1
  • verb with object run a tight ship Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it. 1
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Origin of run a tight ship

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Run a tight ship

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Run a tight ship

run a tight ship popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for run a tight ship

verb run a tight ship

  • cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
  • make ends meet — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
All 2 Synonyms of run a tight ship

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