Usually means: Ready and waiting for action.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word standing by:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. standing by: Merriam-Webster
  2. standing by: Collins English Dictionary
  3. standing by: Vocabulary.com
  4. standing-by: Wordnik
  5. standing by: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. standing by: Wiktionary
  7. standing by: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standing by: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standing by: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standing by: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standing by: Idioms


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