Thank you all.

Nevertheless, I have an issue with this wording. I think that's because I don't know the real and basic meaning of stand off in this context. What is the real meaning of the phrasal (?) verb stand off here? Please help. Thank you.

Already answered in #1: Also etwa wie "ward off" oder "fend off."

(US) To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.

We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stand_off

transitive verb

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: to keep from advancing : REPEL

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/st...

OK, I understand now. Maybe, I'm a bit slow-witted. Thank you very much for helping me, all of you.

@ #7: Du sparst dir glaube ich wirklich Arbeit, wenn du nicht immer alles abtippst und hier einstellst, sondern ein wenig übst, selbst zu recherchieren. Wörterbücher wurden dir schon mehrfach verlinkt

Hello Jalapeno, thank you very much. I'm always looking up the words and phrases in some dictionaries, actually. But sometimes, the problem is that I can't relate the specific meanings to the context; then I post a thread.

keeblerelf, hier ist ein Faden, der dafür plädiert, in der Muttersprache zu schreiben.

Vielleicht magst du ihn dir mal durchlesen, insbesondere die direkt verlinkte #69.

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