Meaning & use
stand-down
An order or period during which personnel are told to relax alert status or stop preparing for action.
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After the false alarm, the fire crew received the stand-down and returned to the station.
The soldiers welcomed the stand-down after weeks of continuous patrols.
A note on using this word
Stand-down is mainly used in military, emergency-services, and workplace safety contexts to signal that a threat has passed.
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