Usually means: Pause in operations for safety.
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  1. stand-down: Merriam-Webster
  2. stand-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stand-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stand-down: Vocabulary.com
  5. stand-down: Wiktionary
  6. stand-down: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. stand-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. stand-down: Dictionary.com
  9. stand-down: Rhymezone
  10. stand-down: FreeDictionary.org
  11. stand-down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. stand-down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. stand-down: Wordnik

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stand-down)

▸ noun:  (military) A time when soldiers are not on alert
▸ noun:  (scrum) A time when developers are wrapping up the day

Similar:
dead stand, stand, downtime, stand still, standstill, radio silence, time off, short-timer, quiescence, nonoccupation, more...

Opposite:
stand-up, mobilize, activate, prepare, ready

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Similar:
dead stand, stand, downtime, stand still, standstill, radio silence, time off, short-timer, quiescence, nonoccupation, more...

Opposite:
stand-up, mobilize, activate, prepare, ready



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