hands on deck

Related
  • crewWorking team aboard
  • sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
  • deckShip's flat surface
  • shipSeagoing transport vessel
  • captainOne who commands

urgent · emergency · teamwork · rigging · mast · naval · anchor · port · starboard · scramble · rally · all · stations · battle · storm · voyage · seafaring · maritime

Opposites
staffing level

hands on deckskeleton crew

Minimum workers needed

short-handed · shorthanded · understaffed · unmanned · bare bones

operational readiness

hands on deckstand down

Withdraw from readiness

at ease · off duty · disengaged · inactive · unprepared

urgency response

hands on deckstanding down

Relinquishing a position

standing by · no response · abandoning ship · every man for himself · scattered

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