Stand off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stand some distance apart from something or someone.

    "He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched."

  2. 2
    To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture. US

    "We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men."

  3. 3
    To move away from shore. dated

    "Here were ſome marks of the ſavages along the ſhore ; for the ſhip ſtood off and on a good way down ; but no drift-wood, beaſts or fiſh were found, nor any thing uſeful except a few fowls, one of which they shot."

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