The phrase "a standoff about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two parties are in a disagreement or conflict regarding a specific issue or topic.
Example: "The negotiations reached a standoff about the terms of the contract, leaving both sides frustrated."
Alternatives: "a deadlock over" or "an impasse regarding".
He still loves a good niggle though, tracking Danny to his house to have a standoff about the wider implications of the cover-up.
The big meeting of Dany and Jon — secret aunt and nephew, if only they knew — quickly devolves into a standoff about bending the knee, and whose house once pledged fealty forever, and whose family did what to whom.
By Sarah Larson July 31 ,2017 The big meeting of Dany and Jon quickly devolves into a standoff about bending the knee, and whose house once pledged fealty forever, and whose family did what to whom.
Local shopkeepers recalled a standoff between about 20 far-right activists on one side of the street and about 50 anti-racism campaigners.
I asked Terry to fight and there was a standoff of about a week.
The Queen – a stickler for protocol – had clearly been shocked by the rudeness of Chinese officials towards the UK's ambassador to China during a standoff apparent about security, and said so.
Security forces and Taliban have been involved in a standoff for about a week after the insurgents launched an offensive on Kunduz at the end of April.
A new series, "Standoff," about a romance between two F.B.I. hostage negotiators, benefited from the "House" lead-in and handily bested its competitors, although it garnered an unimpressive 66percentt retention of adults 18 to 49.
Heavily armed police sealed off a five-block area in the town of Dundalk, just southeast of Baltimore, as negotiators tried to talk the man, Joseph Palczynski, 31, into peacefully ending a standoff that began about 9 30 p.m. on Friday.
On the fifth day of a standoff waged by about 30 rightwing militia, led by the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, the political battle lines of a dispute that is garnering attention across the world splintered.
In a standoff with police, about 200 students at Seoul National University chanted anti-American slogans two days before the opening ceremony.
