The phrase "stand down on" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe the action of reducing the intensity, intensity or activity of something. For example: After the latest round of negotiations, both sides agreed to stand down on their threats of military action.
At one point Shackleton asked England to stand down on the grounds that he was ill, but England refused.
That one of the nation's top economists must stand down on such a key macroeconomic issue is frustrating for investors.
Fry, who will stand down on 31 October, was paid more than £1m in 2010.
Unite's executive council meets on Tuesday after McCluskey told allies on Monday he planned to stand down on Wednesday.
After eight years in office, the Fed chairman is expected to stand down on January 31 , 2014
Constitutionally, Nigeria is required to hold the vote a minimum of 30 days before the current government must stand down on May 29th.
Young refugees gather around a projector set up... http://t.co/xZyHi20iOa Some trains have now begun departing Keleti after police stood down on Thursday morning.
Condon has been stood down on full pay and given five days to show why he should not be sacked, she said.
Keegan Bradley 4/10 Played 3 Won 1 Halved 0 Lost 2 Partner for Mickelson and after an opening-day win and then defeat was stood down on the Saturday.
He said the S.E.C. "stood down" on its investigation at the time at the request of another federal agency, which he declined to name, but resumed the inquiry in December 2008.
Arturo Bermúdez Zurita, the public security secretary of the violence-wracked state of Veracruz, stood down on Thursday after reports emerged that he and his wife had purchased a string of properties in Texas worth millions of dollars.
