stand off

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stand someone or something off

to repel the attack of someone or something; to defend against someone or something; to stave someone or something off. It was all we could do to stand them off. The soldiers stood off the attackers as long as they could.

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Whereupon, this accomplished swordsman, warning all hands to stand off, once more makes a scientific dash at the mass, and with a few sidelong, desperate, lunging slicings, severs it completely in twain; so that while the short lower part is still fast, the long upper strip, called a blanket-piece, swings clear, and is all ready for lowering. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context I have seen Winder make one of the house-servants stand off from him a suitable distance to be touched with the end of his whip, and at every stroke raise great ridges upon his back. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and bid them all stand off, for he was nearly killed - he would not have such another walk for the three kingdoms. Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context			stampede stampede in stampede into stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back stand back of stand between stand by stand corrected stand down stand for stand ground stand head and shoulders above stand in stand in awe stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together			stand head and shoulders above Stand idly by stand in stand in stand in stand in stand in stand in awe stand in awe stand in for stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in need of stand in relation stand in relation to stand in someone's way stand in stead of stand in the place of stand in the way stand in the way of Stand Inside Your Love stand knee-deep in something Stand Like A Rock stand method Stand Mute Stand of ammunition Stand of arms Stand of colors stand off stand off from Stand Off Jammer Counter Stand Off Range Stand Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition System stand oil stand oil stand oils stand oils stand on stand on stand on stand on stand on Stand On Ceremony stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head Stand on one's head stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet

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