Stand To

Word STAND TO
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What do we mean by stand to?

A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime.

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The word "stand-to" in example sentences

Had to wait on after stand-to 3 a.m. in case the Briggie comes along. ❋ Victoria Janssen (2010)

Wheeler ordered a stand-to when this strange little procession was seen approaching the east corner of the entrenchment, and went off himself with Moore to meet it, and a few minutes later word was passed for me and Vibart, who was up at my end of the parapet, to present ourselves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The soldiers on both sides of the trenches followed routines: a full alert, known as “stand-to,” at dawn and dusk. ❋ C. J. Chivers (2010)

If there are these "good cops", if there remains any honour and integrity left in the red or blue serge, I'd say this is one of those times where their's is a moral duty to stand-to and speak out. ❋ Dave (2009)

In order to counter, the more sophisticated armies soon developed the tradition of an early morning “stand-to,” when every soldier went to barricades in case the enemy chose that particular morning to attack. ❋ Dietz, William (2003)

At first light and dusk the aged, halt, maim and the boys not old enough for the military had to stand-to with their home-made pikes and ancient weapons. ❋ Gardner, John (2002)

Unit SOP should specify stand-to requirements, which will usually include procedures for sending and receiving reports, use of accountability checks for personnel and equipment, and criteria for assuming REDCON levels 1 and 2. ❋ United States Army (1998)

Perimeter sweep patrols should be dispatched immediately after stand-to. ❋ United States Army (1992)

As we trotted through a sea of churned mud to the lines, trumpets were blaring the stand-to, the Sikh drums were beginning to rattle, troops were swarming in the trenches, and from all about us came the clamour and bustle of an army stirring, like a giant rousing from sleep. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1990)

We stand-to in two hours, and stay alert all night. ❋ Clancy, Tom, 1947- (1989)

There were bugles sounding in the city, not in alarm yet, merely ordering the stand-to, but the calls served to instil urgency into the greenjackets. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1988)

Captain Falcon wouldn't like it, but they might have to admit defeat and stand-to offshore while a launch brought out police officials from shore who, knowing neither the ship nor the passengers, would most probably be as useless as any of the ship's officers at discovering the identity of the guilty party. ❋ Babson, Marian (1983)

No suspicious behavior could be discerned aboard her, but he had put his gun crews on stand-to. ❋ O'Donnell, P. (1965)

Ogilvie with Hogsthorpe at early morning stand-to going round the lines, abusing everyone for making a noise, and himself making as much noise as all the rest of us put together. ❋ David Douglas Ogilvie (N/A)

Battalion one night in the right sub-sector, almost completely levelling one of their communication trenches with heavy trench mortars during the preliminary bombardment, on account of which we had to stand-to, when back at our rest billets at Bailleulval. ❋ W. C. C. Weetman (N/A)

Later the cautious creeping over the parapet to look at the wire and at dawn stand-to, followed by the frizzling of bacon and the brewing of tea (in these days each side had a more or less respectable breakfast, evidenced by the columns of smoke that went up from the respective front line trenches directly after stand-down). ❋ W. C. C. Weetman (N/A)

This operation and the accompanying bombardment involved a stand-to, and caused a certain number of casualties both in the trenches and among the troops in the support dug-outs. ❋ W. C. C. Weetman (N/A)

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