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

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   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. Jacob Ellenhorn:

   I’m not going to stand down, i’m going to stand up. I’m not going to be quiet.

2. Liz Cheney:

   He could have told them to stand down. He could have told them to go home, and he failed to do so, we have firsthand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence.

3. Margaret White:

   We have no interest increatinga Ralph Nader-type spoiler, ifthis path outside thetwo major party candidatesis not needed, No Labels will stand down.

4. President Biden:

   There’s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night, are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence in a number of these cities, as we saw in Kenosha, and as we've seen in Portland.

5. Jonathan Hill:

   I don't believe it is right that I should carry on as the British commissioner as though nothing had happened, i have therefore told( European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker) that I shall stand down.