āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
stand off
/stËand ËÉf/
to stand off
[phrase form: stand]
01
āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻžāύā§
to prevent a potential attacker from approaching by taking on a defensive posture
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers were instructed on how to stand off any aggressive wildlife encounters by making themselves appear larger.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύāĻ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāύā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to remain at a certain distance away from something or someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Participants in the parade were reminded to stand off from the moving vehicles to prevent accidents.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻāύāĻž āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāϞāύā§āϤ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāϰāĻžāύā§, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to let go of a worker, whether temporarily or permanently, due to a lack of available work
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company faced financial challenges, leading them to stand off a portion of their workforce as a cost-cutting measure.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to move one's watercraft away from the sea coast
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailors chose to stand off from the rocky coastline to avoid potential hazards hidden beneath the surface.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤



























