stand off
stand
stÃĻnd
stānd
off
ɔf
awf
/stˈand ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stand off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to stand off
[phrase form: stand]
01

āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to prevent a potential attacker from approaching by taking on a defensive posture
to stand off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers were instructed on how to stand off any aggressive wildlife encounters by making themselves appear larger.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to remain at a certain distance away from something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Participants in the parade were reminded to stand off from the moving vehicles to prevent accidents.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to let go of a worker, whether temporarily or permanently, due to a lack of available work
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company faced financial challenges, leading them to stand off a portion of their workforce as a cost-cutting measure.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧀āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move one's watercraft away from the sea coast
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailors chose to stand off from the rocky coastline to avoid potential hazards hidden beneath the surface.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧁āϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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