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as you were

as you were interjection: disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.

Interjection

(military)

  1. Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.
  2. Stop standing at attention or don't stand at attention (used when, for instance, an officer enters a barracks room).

Questions about as you were

What does as you were mean?
As you were means disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.
What part of speech is as you were?
As you were is an interjection.

Words near as you were in the dictionary

  1. as you know
  2. as you like
  3. as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
  4. as you please
  5. as you sow, so shall you reap
  6. as you were
  7. as you wish
  8. as't
  9. as-
  10. as-built
  11. as-builts

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