"on the beach" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the beach, {{en-PP}} on the beach
  1. (idiomatic, nautical) Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in the navy or merchant navy. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: furloughed [military, war, government, politics], grounded [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-on_the_beach-en-prep_phrase-rsgAKjjk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: nautical, transport
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          "ref": "1951, Nicholas Monsarrat, chapter 1, in The Cruel Sea, London: Cassell:",
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        {
          "ref": "2023, Evan Wilson, The Horrible Peace: British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars, University of Massachusetts Press:",
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        "(idiomatic, nautical) Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in the navy or merchant navy."
      ],
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