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11stand-off halfback — or stand off half, Rugby Football. the halfback who takes a position between the scrum half and the three quarter back; outside half …
12stand off — ► stand off move or keep away. Main Entry: ↑stand …
13stand off — index deadlock Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14stand-off half — ► NOUN Rugby ▪ a halfback who forms a link between the scrum half and the three quarters …
15stand-off bomb — stand off bomb, a guided missile fired from an airplane at a ground target several hundred miles away …
16stand off — intransitive verb 1. : to stay at a distance in social intercourse or acquaintance : be unapproachable or unobliging 2. : to sail away from the shore transitive verb 1. a. : to hold at a distance : keep from advancing : repel …
17stand-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stand off : singular stand off plural stand offs 1) a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim 2) British a fly half in the game of rugby …
18stand off — verb a) To stand some distance apart form something or someone. He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched. b) To prevent any would be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture. We took hold of anything that might… …
19stand-off — /ˈstænd ɒf/ (say stand of) noun 1. → stand off half. 2. an agreement to suspend active hostilities, as in an industrial dispute. –adjective 3. standing off or apart; aloof; reserved …
20stand off and on — phrasal of a sailing ship : to remain near a coast by sailing toward and then away from the land standing off and on while the captain went ashore * * * stand off and on (nautical) To sail away from shore and then towards it • • • Main Entry:… …
