Meanings
- UKnot comparablegovernmentBrought to a sudden halt.
[…] and then with a terrific crash the ship brought up all standing, and we were hurled against the bridge screens by the force of the collision.
2008, Robert C. Stem, Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Combat - UKnot comparablegovernmentWearing one's clothes, for example while sleeping.
No man had aught to cover him save his blankets, in which he slept “all standing,” i.e., with his clothes on.
1925, Fitzhugh Green, Our Naval Heritage, page 1061 more example
A couple of girls were standing alongside an ambulance drawn up next to the lorry, out of which they had apparently just crawled, having slept all standing, as all had I suppose.
1917, Edward Percy Stebbing, At the Serbian Front in Macedonia, page 77
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