beat to quarters
English
Etymology
See beat (“to signal beating a drum”)
Verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak.
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