Usually means: Confrontation without immediate resolution occurring.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word stand off:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. stand off: Merriam-Webster
  2. stand off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Stand-Off, Stand-off, stand-off: Wordnik
  4. stand-off, stand off: Wiktionary
  5. stand-off, stand off: Dictionary.com
  6. Stand Off, Stand off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Stand Off: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. stand-off, stand off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand-off, stand off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Explosives (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stand off)

verb:  To stand some distance apart from something or someone.
verb:  (US) To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.
verb:  (nautical, dated) To move away from shore.

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