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stand-to en · NOUN

Etymology

Ellipsis of stand-to-arms.

Meanings

1. A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime.
   • "Stand-to" at dusk for about an hour, work all night, "stand-to" for an hour before dawn. That's the general programme. 1915, Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, (1929), Penguin Modern Classics 1960, p. 86

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
stands-to	Number=Plur		lexicographic
stand-tos	Number=Plur		lexicographic
stand to		alternative	lexicographic

stand-to en · VERB

Etymology

Ellipsis of stand-to-arms.

Meanings

1. To assume such a state of readiness.
   • I passed the word along the line for the company to stand-to arms. The N.C.O's whispered hoarsely into the dug-outs: ‘Stand-to, stand-to,’ and out the men tumbled with their rifles in their hands. 1929 November, Robert Graves, chapter XII, in Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 141:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
stands-to	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
standing-to	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stood-to	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stood-to	Tense=Past		lexicographic
stand to		alternative	lexicographic