stand to attention

phrase

British

: to stand silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides

The troops stood to attention.

Examples of stand to attention in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Rhymes for stand to attention

• chemoprevention
• hyperextension
• incomprehension
• misapprehension
• apprehension
• comprehension
• condescension
• hypertension
• hypotension
• reinvention
• reprehension
• resuspension