On standby
Hi,
I was trying to find a synonym for ‘on standby’, but I drew a blank on it.
I was watching a TV show where a doctor was explaining something to a patient and said that taking medication that would suppress her periods to avoid the pain caused by endometriosis would leave her ovaries on standby. I don’t want to get into the details if that’s okay.
Can you think of anything that could be used to replace ‘on standby’?
I came up with ‘in a state of hybernation’. It’s probably nonsense though.
Thank you.
Top answer
I can't think of a word or phrase that adequately replaces on standby in normal use. In this particular context I would think in stasis might work, and would be a slightly better fit than in hibernation , but it wouldn't work for other uses of on standby .
- I can't think of a word or phrase that adequately replaces on standby in normal use.
- In this particular context I would think in stasis might work, and would be a slightly better fit than in hibernation , but it wouldn't work for other uses of on standby .
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I can't think of a word or phrase that adequately replaces on standby in normal use.
In this particular context I would think in stasis might work, and would be a slightly better fit than in hibernation, but it wouldn't work for other uses of on standby.
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