stand at ease

Idioms and Phrases

see at ease , def. 2.

Example Sentences

It was the stand-at-ease of a soldier, or of an Indian wrapped in his blanket in the city square.

From Project Gutenberg

His hands fell on his hips as, in his mess, an officer with no pockets drops his knuckles on his waist-line for a stand-at-ease.

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At the approach of this symbol of the law, Mrs. Bindle stepped back and brought her mop to the stand-at-ease position.

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