stand down

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

THESAURUS

stand down

Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abandon, abdicate, abeyance, armistice, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beg off, break, breathing spell, buffer zone, caesura, cease-fire, cooling-off period, cry off, day off, demilitarized zone, demit, depart from, discard, drop, drop out, evacuate, forsake, give up, go back on, hesitation, holiday, hollow truce, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval, jettison, jilt, lapse, layoff, leave, leave behind, leave flat, letup, lull, maroon, modus vivendi, neutral territory, pacification, pause, pax in bello, peace, pension off, pull out, quit, quit cold, recess, relinquish, remission, renege, renounce the throne, resign, respite, rest, retire, retire from office, say goodbye to, stand aside, stay, step aside, superannuate, suspension, suspension of hostilities, take leave of, temporary arrangement, throw over, treaty of peace, truce, vacate, vacation, withdraw, withdraw from