stand-off
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stand-off
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Deverbal from stand off.
noun stand-offs
- fly-half France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
- Alternative form of standoff (sense 2).
Talk about this word "stand-off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stand-off. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stand-off. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stand-off "stand-off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stand-off.
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@misc{stand_off_2026,
title = {stand-off},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stand-off},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
