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stand by
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standby
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Etymology
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Deverbal
from
stand by
.
Noun
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stand
-
by
(
plural
stand-bys
)
Alternative form of
standby
1962
April, “Motive power miscellany: Eastern Region”, in
Modern Railways
, page
279
:
[...] a "Britannia" Pacific, No. 70006, was kept as a
stand-by
at March.
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