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動詞

stand down (third-person singular simple present stands down, present participle standing down, simple past and past participle stood down)

1. (idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture.

   Antonyms: square off, square up

   They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment.

2. (ambitransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team.

   Synonyms: resign, stand aside, step down

   • 2023 November 16, “Qantas illegally stood down worker who stopped cleaning of planes at start of Covid pandemic”, in The Guardian‎, sourced from Australian Assocated Press, →ISSN:

     The criminal case was launched after the aviation giant’s subsidiary stood down a trained health and safety representative hours after he directed others to cease work.

   • 2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19:

     The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.

   • 2025 September 5, Pippa Crerar, “Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty row”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Angela Rayner has stood down from the government after the prime minister’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat.