Idiom idiom
yardarm to
Meaning
Very close to, very nearby.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The ship is yardarm to the dock.”
“We parked our car yardarm to the entrance so we could walk inside quickly.”
“The small fishing boat drifted yardarm to the jagged rocks, narrowly avoiding a disaster in the dark.”
Anchors to
Last updated August 10, 2026