STAND OFF

а> держаться на расстоянии от; отодвинуться от; We stood off 500 of the enemy forces for nine days; б> отстранить, уволить (на время); 300 workers at the car factory were stood off when there was a lack of steel; в> _мор. удаляться от берега; Three battleships were kept standing off as a silent threat to the island people.