stand-to
See also: stand to
English
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Etymology
Shortened form of "stand-to-arms"
Noun
Verb
stand-to (third-person singular simple present stands-to, present participle standing-to, simple past and past participle stood-to)
- (military) To assume such a state of readiness.
- 1915, Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, (1929), Penguin Modern Classics 1960, p. 88:
- I passed the word along the line for the company to stand-to-arms. The N.C.O.s whispered hoarsely into the dug-outs: 'Stand-to, stand-to' …
- 1915, Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, (1929), Penguin Modern Classics 1960, p. 88:
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