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stand off
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stand offverb
To stand some distance apart from something or someone.
stand offverb
To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.
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Whole Lotta Sole (known as Stand Off in North America) is a 2012 independent criminal comedy film co-written and directed by Terry George and starring Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stand off in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stand off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stand off in a Sentence
England Bishop Trevor Willmott:
When we become harsh with each other and forget our humanity then we end up in these stand-off positions.
Lives have been lost. The communities have a stand-off and are in a bad way because it is the Indian community and the neighboring communities, who are African.
The B-1 is able to carry the LRASM( Long Range Anti-Surface Cruise Missile), giving it an advanced stand-off, counter-ship capability.
Our goal is to make sure the Air Force has the knowledge in 2020 or over the next five years to be able to make acquisition decisions using this technology, our goal is to provide a capability to stand off, launch these vehicles off the aircraft to hit time-critical dependent targets … And ultimately from a manufacturing standpoint, it’s got to be affordable.
We've become an increasingly harsh world, and when we become harsh with each other and forget our humanity then we end up in these stand-off positions.
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- खड़े हो जाओHindi
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