standing down
Leaving one's post
Standing down is withdrawing from a position, contest, or state of readiness.
Military forces stand down when they return from alert status to normal operations.
A candidate stands down when withdrawing from a race: She's standing down to let a younger challenger run.
The phrase often implies yielding gracefully rather than being forced out.
- retiringLeaving the workforce
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- quitCease doing something
- calling it quitsEnding an endeavor permanently
- backing offCeasing to pursue
recuse · resignation · stepping aside · concession · give way · giving up · ceasefire · departure · leave · surrender · throwing in the towel · relinquishment · withdrawing · bowing out · demobilization · capitulating · disengagement · pulling back
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Sitting Outbenched, sidelined, on the bench, on the sidelines, sitting idle
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
- de-escalationde-escalation, calming, defusing, pacification, placation
- retreatback away, back off, withdrawal, retreating, back up
standing downstepping up
Assuming more responsibility
standing up · rising to the occasion · engaging · taking charge · jumping in
standing downmobilizing
Assembling for action
scrambling · deploying · activating · mustering · arming
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