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stand-down

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stand-down or stand·down (stnddoun)
n.
A relaxation from a state of readiness or alert.
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Noun1.stand-down - a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
standdown
abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension
2.stand-down - (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
standdown
stop, stoppage - the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
Translations
stand-down
n
(Mil) → Feuerpause f
(in firm etc: = work stoppage) → (vorübergehende) Arbeitseinstellung f → or -niederlegung f
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GAO was asked to assess (1) the extent to which LANL's and NNSA's estimates capture the total cost of the stand-down, (2) the effect of the stand-down on LANL's major research programs, and (3) whether there was a reasonable basis for NNSA's decisions regarding the reimbursement of stand-down costs to the University of California.
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