war footing
Frequency: 6.36.0 per million words
a state of readiness for war
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Examples (10)
- The army was placed on a war footing.
- By dawn, the city had shifted to a war footing.
- The government is putting hospitals on a war footing.
- If tensions rise, the country will move onto a war footing.
- For months, the industry operated on a war footing.
- They quickly returned to a war footing after the attack.
- The cabinet debated whether to remain on a war footing.
- Our supply chains were reorganized on a war footing within days.
- In 1942, the economy was fully on a war footing.
- The president ordered the borders to be secured on a war footing.