stand down

stand down
Synonyms and related words:
Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abandon, abdicate, abeyance, armistice, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beg off, break, breathing spell, buffer zone, caesura, cease-fire, cooling-off period, cry off, day off, demilitarized zone, demit, depart from, discard, drop, drop out, evacuate, forsake, give up, go back on, hesitation, holiday, hollow truce, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval, jettison, jilt, lapse, layoff, leave, leave behind, leave flat, letup, lull, maroon, modus vivendi, neutral territory, pacification, pause, pax in bello, peace, pension off, pull out, quit, quit cold, recess, relinquish, remission, renege, renounce the throne, resign, respite, rest, retire, retire from office, say goodbye to, stand aside, stay, step aside, superannuate, suspension, suspension of hostilities, take leave of, temporary arrangement, throw over, treaty of peace, truce, vacate, vacation, withdraw, withdraw from

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • stand-down — /stand down /, n. 1. Mil. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease fire; truce: a stand down for the Christmas holidays. 2. a work stoppage or layoff. Also, standdown. [1920 25; n. use of v. phrase stand down] * * * …   Universalium

  • stand down — ► stand down 1) (also stand aside) resign from or leave a position or office. 2) relax after a state of readiness. Main Entry: ↑stand …   English terms dictionary

  • stand down — index demit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • stand-down — noun 1. a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness • Syn: ↑standdown • Hypernyms: ↑abeyance, ↑suspension 2. (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • stand down — phrasal verb Word forms stand down : present tense I/you/we/they stand down he/she/it stands down present participle standing down past tense stood down past participle stood down 1) [intransitive] to leave a job or position, especially an… …   English dictionary

  • stand down — UK US stand down Phrasal Verb with stand({{}}/stænd/ verb (stood, stood) ► [I] UK to leave your job or official position: stand down as sth »He stood down as chairman last Tuesday …   Financial and business terms

  • stand down — 1》 (also stand aside) resign from a position or office. 2》 (stand down or stand someone down) relax or cause someone to relax after a state of readiness. 3》 (of a witness) leave the witness box after giving evidence. → stand …   English new terms dictionary

  • stand down — tell the troops to stand down Syn: relax, stand easy, come off full alert …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • stand down — verb a) To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting. They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment. b) To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. transitive and/or intransitive …   Wiktionary

  • stand down — phr verb Stand down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chairman …   Collocations dictionary

  • stand down from — phr verb Stand down from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑committee …   Collocations dictionary

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