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war footing
noun
- the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of war footing1
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The country wasn’t really on a war footing, but it was getting there and it certainly wasn’t on a voluntary basis.
If there is a single mantra that seems to be guiding Powell and the Federal Reserve leadership, it’s that this Fed is on a war footing.
Since ISIS stormed the city of Mosul bordering Iraqi Kurdistan last week, the Kurds have been on a war footing.
Obama may have his chance to take America off of a war footing.
“America must move off a permanent war footing,” Obama said in his address to Congress Tuesday.
Such a reinforcement of the French navy would put it again on a war footing.
In Europe great armies are organized and kept upon a war footing for police duty.
Using every man of what reserves we've got, there's about enough to man the fleet on a war footing, and no more.
The king withdrew his troops from the seacoast, and began to put his army upon a good war-footing.
But if the whole of Austria is on a war footing, what chance would we have to continue our lovely voyage?
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