What does two-block mean?
Two-block means (nautical) To hoist to the yardarm..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(nautical) To hoist to the yardarm..
He cleared one of the tangled halyards and swiftly two-blocked the flag.
[…] wore a perfectly two-blocked field scarf and had razor-sharp creases that cut with a surgeon's precision right through the center of seven chevrons and the embroidered emblems on his sleeves.
Use two-block when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Two-block means (nautical) To hoist to the yardarm..
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He cleared one of the tangled halyards and swiftly two-blocked the flag.
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