Definitions for stand-down

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stand-down stand-down

Spelling: [stand-doun]

IPA: /ˈstændˌdaʊn/

Stand-Down is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 225 anagrams from letters in stand-down (-addnnostw).

Definitions for stand-down

noun

1. Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce:
2. a work stoppage or layoff.

Origin of stand-down

First recorded in 1920-25; noun use of verb phrase stand down

Examples for stand-down

At stand-down in the dawn (hours afterwards) he was sipping his tot of rum.