Definition of Standdowns

1. standdown [n] - See also: standdown

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standdowns

standardless
standardlessness
standardly
standardness
standards
standards and guidelines
standards compliance
standards compliant
standards of identity
standaway
standby
standby pulse generator
standbying
standbys
standdown
standdowns (current term)
standee
standees
standel
standels
standen
stander
standers
standest
standeth
standfast
standfasts
standfirst
standgale

Literary usage of Standdowns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"... leadership at times; at others, mild praise; wide-ranging military maneuvers in the Western part of the USSR and on the Baltic, followed by standdowns ..."

2. Labour and Wage Statistics by OECD., Statisti, SourceOECD (Online service), Statistics Directorate (1997)
"In practice. standdowns are included only where employees are stood down as a result of industrial disputes by other employees at the same establishment. ..."

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