" stand-down "

 [ "Stand Down" ]

1: This is a Military term used to tell a subordinate to shut his pie hole.

  * e.g.,  ... Sgt.: Sir,I believe you are an Imbecile, Lt. 

 [ "Stand Down" ]

1: Stop what you are doing.

  * e.g.,  ... I suggest you stand down before this gets out of hand. 

 [ "stand down" ]

1: In times of war, exhausted combat soldiers requiring brief periods to rest and recover are removed from the field of combat to a place of relative safety and security. The military term, Stand Down, is used for such an action.

  * e.g.,  ... Stand down, geek! Stop playing Super Mario on the front lines! 

 [ "Bitch Stand Down" ]

1: A term usually used after a good comeback has been made.

  * e.g.,  ... Lisndey: *whispers* I heard Becky fucked Isacc and got AIDS. 

 [ "Mexican Stand-Down" ]

1: When two or more people are so courteous to one another, it becomes painful. Particularly common with food at restaurants, or when opening doors for others.

  * e.g.,  ... "Parky, would you like this last dumpling?" 

 [ "stand down comedian" ]

1: A professional, on stage in a comedy club, who suddenly understands there is no humor in our predicament, nowhere he can take us that is any more absurd than the facts, and walks off.

  * e.g.,  ... Oh, he had material ... Mexico building a wall to keep Americans out... Ivanka's first act as president, pardoning her imprisoned daddy, children dying so the school cafeteria staff could return to work... but he saw that we had fallen beyond the reach of laughter. He was finished, a stand down comedian, and others would silently follow. 

 [ "Stand-down comedy" ]

1: If a stand-up comedian is not at all funny, that he's booed down from the stage.

  * e.g.,  ... It's not funny at all, it is rather a Stand-down comedy !!!