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Stand off
verb
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Verb
- 1 To stand some distance apart from something or someone.
"He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched."
- 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 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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