"as you were" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{tlb|en|military}} (military)
  1. Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order. Translations (return to most recent command): jatkakaa (Finnish), repos (French), Kommando zurück (english: annul mistaken command) (German), stehen Sie bequem (english: tell soldiers they need no longer stand at attention) (German), weitermachen (note: make soldiers return to previous duty after inspection) (German), come non detto (Italian), ordine annullato (Italian), wróć (english: stop immediately) (Polish), spocznij (english: at ease) (Polish), última forma [military, war, government, politics] (Portuguese), la loc comanda (Romanian), отставить (otstavitʹ) (english: stop immediately) (Russian), вольно (volʹno) (english: at ease) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-as_you_were-en-intj-bD-nI~ws Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'return to most recent command': 88 12
  2. Stop standing at attention or don't stand at attention (used when, for instance, an officer enters a barracks room).
    Sense id: en-as_you_were-en-intj-c5yDuSZv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Military Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Military: 26 74 Topics: government, military, politics, war
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "tell soldiers they need no longer stand at attention",
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "word": "stehen Sie bequem"
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
      "word": "come non detto"
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
      "word": "ordine annullato"
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      "english": "stop immediately",
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "english": "stop immediately",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "otstavitʹ",
      "sense": "return to most recent command",
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      "word": "отставить"
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