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Definition of Stand-down

1. Noun. A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness.

2. Noun. (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand-down

stancher stanchers stanches stanchest stanching stanchion stanchioned stanchioning stanchions stanchless

stanchly stanchness stanck stand-alone stand-down (current term) stand-in stand-ins stand-off stand-offish stand-offishly

stand-out stand-to stand-up stand-up comedy stand-up guy stand-ups stand a chance stand and deliver stand aside

Literary usage of Stand-down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romano Lavo-lil by George Henry Borrow (1907)
"... of justice witnesses told to stand down, so they supposed that to stand down was much the same as to sit down, whence their odd rendering of Stanley. ..."

2. Romano Lavo-lil: Word-book of the Romany Or, English Gypsy Language by George Henry Borrow (1905)
"... of justice witnesses told to stand down, so they supposed that to stand down was much the same as to sit down, whence their odd rendering of Stanley. ..."

3. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam by Peter Dorland, James Nanney (2001)
"Stand-Down and Ship Out The phased withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam, begun in the summer of 1968, continued until, on 11 August 1972, ..."

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