stand-to in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stand-to in the English»French Dictionary

stand-to [Brit, Am ˈˌstænd ˈˌtu] N MIL

stand-to

alerte f

I.stand to VB [Brit stand -, Am stænd -] MIL (stand to)

stand to

être en état d'alerte

to stand to to do

se tenir prêt à faire

II.stand to VB [Brit stand -, Am stænd -] MIL (stand [sb] to)

stand to

mettre [qn] en état d'alerte

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to stand back-to-back two people:

se mettre dos à dos

rigidly stand to attention

avec beaucoup de raideur

to stand to or at attention

être au garde-à-vous

he can't stand to do or doing

il ne supporte pas de faire

to stand to lose sth

risquer de perdre qc

Translations for stand-to in the French»English Dictionary

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se mettre au garde-à-vous

to stand to attention

stand-to in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stand-to in the English»French Dictionary

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to stand to attention MIL

se mettre au garde-à-vous

to stand to lose sth

risquer de perdre qc

to stand to gain sth

avoir des chances de gagner qc

to stand to reason

aller sans dire

to stand to attention

être au garde-à-vous

Translations for stand-to in the French»English Dictionary

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se mettre au garde-à-vous

to stand to attention

tomber sous le sens

to stand to reason

se mettre au garde-à-vous

to stand to attention

stand-to Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to stand to attention

être au garde-à-vous

to stand to attention MIL

se mettre au garde-à-vous

to stand to lose sth

risquer de perdre qc

to stand to gain sth

avoir des chances de gagner qc

to stand to reason

aller sans dire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After the vendor escalates the conflict by nailing a kiwi fruit to their door, the boys head over to his fruit stand to have a showdown with him.

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Savers also stand to win - and with a collective $123 billion of deposits in the bank, that's not exactly chickenfeed.

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Companies embedded in such networks stand to gain a lot.

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I had to unbuckle my seat belt and stand to reach my bag under the seat in front of me.

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He adopted a hard-line segregationist stance and used this stand to court the white vote in the next gubernatorial election in 1962.

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She goes to the candy floss stand to find her, but she isn't there.

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Populists argue that industry pours too much money into advertising its drugs -- meaning profits runneth over and prices could easily stand to be cut.

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Many stand to inherit, and need to show a little patience - just give us over-entitled baby-boomers a few more dignified years to shuffle off this mortal coil.

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Mentors also stand to benefit from the mentor/mentee relationship.

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In the northeast corner of the nave is the civic pew which contains a wrought iron stand to hold the mayor's mace.

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