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Stand down

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

    "They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment."

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

    "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."

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