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all standing

all standing adverb: brought to a sudden halt.

Adverb

all standing (not comparable)

  1. (UK) 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.2008, Robert C. Stem, Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Combat
  2. (UK) 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.1917, Edward Percy Stebbing, At the Serbian Front in Macedonia, page 77
    • No man had aught to cover him save his blankets, in which he slept “all standing,” i.e., with his clothes on.1925, Fitzhugh Green, Our Naval Heritage, page 106

Questions about all standing

What does all standing mean?
All standing means brought to a sudden halt.
What part of speech is all standing?
All standing is an adverb.

Words near all standing in the dictionary

  1. all smiles
  2. All Souls
  3. All Souls Day
  4. All Souls' Day
  5. all square
  6. all standing
  7. all students take calculus
  8. all style and no substance
  9. all systems go
  10. all talk
  11. all talk and no action

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