"stand down" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> down"
      },
      "expansion": "stand down (third-person singular simple present stands down, present participle standing down, simple past and past participle stood down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "square off"
        },
        {
          "word": "square up"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_down-en-verb-Ms230Jkz",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "pursuing",
          "pursuing"
        ],
        [
          "fighting",
          "fighting"
        ],
        [
          "readiness",
          "readiness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19",
          "text": "The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_down-en-verb-tzBW8Bt3",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand aside"
        },
        {
          "word": "step down"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-au-stand_down.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand down"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> down"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "square off"
        },
        {
          "word": "square up"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "pursuing",
          "pursuing"
        ],
        [
          "fighting",
          "fighting"
        ],
        [
          "readiness",
          "readiness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19",
          "text": "The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand aside"
        },
        {
          "word": "step down"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "stand down"
}