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on standby

waiting for one's turn, especially describing the status of travelers who wait at a soon-to-depart train, plane, or bus, hoping that a seat will become available. The passenger waited on standby for an available seat. The agent was able to seat all of the passengers on standby.

on standby

ready to be used if needed I always have a backup tape drive on standby, just in case. The UN asked various countries to keep some military forces on standby for possible peace-keeping duty.

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Households in the UK now spend around 10% of their electricity bill on standby power. Property clinic by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) LEAVING electrical items on standby is like throwing money away and research has suggested it can also reduce the equipment's lifespan by 15% and create a needless fire risk. THE INTELLI-PLUG; in association with gentoo by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Our worst waster was a DVD player and recorder constantly demanding 17 watts an hour on standby when we are not using it. Chronicle GO GREEN: Switch off and save lots of cash; sponsored by ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			on own time on pain of on pain of death on paper on par on parole on patrol on person on pins and needles on principle on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of			On side On side On side on sight on sight on sight on sight on sight On Site Business Solutions On Site Contract Liaison Officer On Site Field Supply On Site Inspection Agency On Site Installation Coordinator On Site Management On Site Service On Site Support Program On Site Volunteer Service on someone's back on someone's behalf on someone's doorstep on someone's good side on someone's wrong side on soundings on speaking terms on speaking terms on speaking terms on spec on spec on spec on spec on standby on steroids on stream on stream on stream on strike on strike on strike on strike on strike On sufferance on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tap on tap on tap on tap on tap On Tape Catalog on target on target on target on target on target on target On Target Bonus On Target Commission

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