standing down

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Present participle of stand down
stand down
To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. transitive and/or intransitive
stand down
To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting

They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment.

stand down
remove oneself as a candidate; descend from the witness stand
stand down
If someone stands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January. = step down, resign
standing down

    Hyphenation

    stand·ing Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    ständîng daun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstandəɴɢ ˈdoun/ /ˈstændɪŋ ˈdaʊn/
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