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all standing

adv

Definitions

  1. Brought to a sudden halt.

    • […] and then with a terrific crash the ship brought up all standing, and we were hurled against the bridge screens by the force of the collision.

  2. Wearing one's clothes, for example while sleeping.

    • A couple of girls were standing alongside an ambulance drawn up next to the lorry, out of which they had apparently just crawled, having slept all standing, as all had I suppose.
    • No man had aught to cover him save his blankets, in which he slept “all standing,” i.e., with his clothes on.

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No curated loop yet for all standing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA