Synonyms for stand-down
stand-down

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1. standdown, stand-downnoun

   a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness

   Synonyms:
   standdown

2. standdown, stand-downnoun

   (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

   Synonyms:
   standdown

Matched Categories

1. • Abeyance
   • Military
   • Stop

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1. John Whittingdale:

   Michel Platini has talked of European nations boycotting future World Cups if Blatter refuses to stand down. No options should be ruled out.

2. John Vollmer:

   Mission success in human spaceflight depends on thousands of factors coming together at the right time, we’ll continue to work the issue from the Starliner factory and have decided to stand down for this launch window to make way for other national priority missions.

3. Abu Deraa:

   If (Sadr) wants us to stand up and rise, we will. If he says stand down, we will. We'll do whatever he says.

4. Jonathan Greenblatt:

   But we will not be defeated, we will not stand down, we will not be intimidated.

5. Jim Free:

   If they decide that is not the right thing to do, we obviously will support that and stand down and look for our next launch attempt, but we still will press with the tanking test.