answer the helm

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answer the helm (third-person singular simple present answers the helm, present participle answering the helm, simple past and past participle answered the helm)

  1. (nautical, intransitive, said of a ship) To respond to a movement of the helm by changing direction; only happens if the ship has steerageway.
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