Examples of “stand down” in a Sentence

verb To resign from a position, or to withdraw from a contest or candidacy, leaving the way clear for someone else.

• She will stand down as chair at the AGM.
• Two candidates stood down before the vote.

verb To end a state of alert or readiness, or to order forces or emergency crews to do so.

• The fire crews were stood down at midnight.
• Troops were told to stand down once the exercise finished.

verb To leave the witness box after giving evidence.

• The judge told the witness she could stand down.