"stand off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> off"
      },
      "expansion": "stand off (third-person singular simple present stands off, present participle standing off, simple past and past participle stood off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 28 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 29 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stand some distance apart from something or someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_off-en-verb-3oRoMeho",
      "links": [
        [
          "apart",
          "apart"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "standoff"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_off-en-verb-jHeeChEE",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "attacker",
          "attacker"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 321",
          "text": "Here were ſome marks of the ſavages along the ſhore ; for the ſhip ſtood off and on a good way down ; but no drift-wood, beaſts or fiſh were found, nor any thing uſeful except a few fowls, one of which they shot.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1952, C. S. Forester, chapter 8, in Lieutenant Hornblower",
          "text": "When the tropic night closed down upon the battered Renown, as she stood off the land under easy sail, just enough to stiffen her to ride easily over the Atlantic rollers that the trade wind, reinforced by the sea breeze, sent hurrying under her bows, Buckland sat anxiously discussing the situation with his new first lieutenant.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move away from shore."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_off-en-verb-aQHr32Cl",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, dated) To move away from shore."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand off"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> off"
      },
      "expansion": "stand off (third-person singular simple present stands off, present participle standing off, simple past and past participle stood off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "standoff"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stand some distance apart from something or someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apart",
          "apart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "attacker",
          "attacker"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 321",
          "text": "Here were ſome marks of the ſavages along the ſhore ; for the ſhip ſtood off and on a good way down ; but no drift-wood, beaſts or fiſh were found, nor any thing uſeful except a few fowls, one of which they shot.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1952, C. S. Forester, chapter 8, in Lieutenant Hornblower",
          "text": "When the tropic night closed down upon the battered Renown, as she stood off the land under easy sail, just enough to stiffen her to ride easily over the Atlantic rollers that the trade wind, reinforced by the sea breeze, sent hurrying under her bows, Buckland sat anxiously discussing the situation with his new first lieutenant.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move away from shore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, dated) To move away from shore."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand off"
}