stand down

English - Turkish

Definition of stand down in English Turkish dictionary

tanık yerini terk etmek

Bulunduğu makama bir daha aday olmamak

İng. (bulunduğu makama) bir daha aday olmamak

feragat etmek

tanıklık yapıp çekilmek

adaylıktan çekilmek

(deyim) genellikle başkasının yararına bir işten vb. vazgeçmek,çekilmek

özveride bulunmak

English - English

Definition of stand down in English English dictionary

To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. transitive and/or intransitive

To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting

They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment.

remove oneself as a candidate; descend from the witness stand

If someone stands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January. = step down, resign

Related Terms

standdown

a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness

standdown

(military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

standdown

(military) a temporary stop of offensive military action a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness

Hyphenation

stand Down

Turkish pronunciation

ständ daun

Pronunciation

/ˈstand ˈdoun/ /ˈstænd ˈdaʊn/

Etymology

[ 'stand ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English standan; akin to Old High German stantan, stAn to stand, Latin stare, Greek histanai to cause to stand, set, histasthai to stand, be standing.