stand down

One industry source said the ROKAF is already standing down some of the ageing aircraft, resulting in a capability gap.

In a speech shown on state television, Mr Saleh said he wasn't hungry for power, but he gave no precise date for standing down.

Tsai, 55, was widely praised for a savvy campaign, but announced that she was standing down as she conceded defeat.

Mother helpless in there, see me standing down, and only major back out in silence.

After standing down as the chairman of the company, he will stay as an advisor.

But the incumbent is standing down, and polls suggest a fight between the Tories and the Greens.

The Grim Reaper can cut life short and, under the right circumstances, whittle those still standing down to the size of pygmies.

Legolas: Look Aragon! Eowyn is standing down there with a banner!

The outgoing president, John Kufuor, is standing down because he has completed the two terms that the constitution allows.

Both sides have claimed the land as their own, and neither side is standing down.

At the end of June he listed three conditions he wanted met before standing down.

David Beckham has announced he is standing down as captain of England at an emotional press conference in Germany .

My first story from New York was about Bill Gates standing down from day-to-day management of Microsoft.

We have renewed our emphasis on the need for speeding the process of (Saleh) standing down within two weeks.

Your canning accompany me has been standing down to go to? I really want to see your smiling face every day, see you.

The doyen of French advertising shows no sign of slowing down, still less of standing down

Britain's "duck-house MP" is standing down;