Stand English Meaning Resign Retire Job Position Synonym

Meaning: to resign or retire from a job or a position

• stand down The CEO decided to stand down when he turned seventy so that a younger person could take over.
  
  
• stand down Many people were demanding that the Minister of Defence stand down after he admitted some prisoners had been tortured.
  
  

Variety: Thisis typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.