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单词 stand someone off
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stand someone off

1Keep someone away; repel someone: they could not hope to stand off all the horsemen...
  • It is not in our interest to create the impression that a group of insurgents can stand us off for months.
  • He can easily be stood off by either of the Austrian armies.
  • After Grant outflanked the Confederates and encircled Vicksburg, they stood him off for weeks.
2British another way of saying lay someone off (see lay1).Three categories of claimant were stood down workers who were workers who were stood off from their employment when the gas interruption shut down their places of employment....
  • Those who were stood off had but a poor chance of getting a start anywhere else.
  • Formerly the local labourers had been stood off at that season.
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