Definition of war footing
: the condition of being prepared to undertake or maintain war
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Putting the state on war footing, invoking the language of conflict, is a brilliant political strategy.
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But the response of Kim Jung Il was to increase its reliance on military force and put the nation on a war footing for an imminent US invasion.
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First Known Use of war footing
1800
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