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chocks away

chocks away interjection: a command to remove an aeroplane's chocks in preparation for imminent take-off.

Interjection

  1. A command to remove an aeroplane's chocks in preparation for imminent take-off.
  2. (broadly) A signal of the commencement of a journey or activity.
    • And the half-reclining astronaut posture he is forced to adopt breeds sub-conscious fears that any minute now it may be chocks away and blast-off for the Moon.1970, New Scientist, volumes 48-49, page 61
    • Since the final "Chocks away!" was not given until after most schools had, perforce, completed their option choice procedures, the TVEI had to compete with choices already settled.1982, Perspectives, numbers 8-17, page 26

Questions about chocks away

What does chocks away mean?
Chocks away means a command to remove an aeroplane's chocks in preparation for imminent take-off.
What part of speech is chocks away?
Chocks away is an interjection.

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