Meaning of war footing | Babel Free
Definitions
A state of preparedness for waging war.
Equivalents
Español
en pie de guerra
Suomi
sotajalka
Français
sur le pied de guerre
Italiano
sul piede di guerra
Nederlands
op voet van oorlog
Português
em pé de guerra
Русский
на тропе́ войны́
Examples
“on a war footing”
“move to a war footing”
“After all, it was less than a year and a half ago that Obama promised, in an address at National Defense University, to remove America from the "perpetual war footing" it had assumed since the September 11 attacks.”
“The RMT union has told Network Rail and train operators that it has moved to a "war footing" over planned service and workforce cutbacks.”
“The EU is also now trying to put the European defence industry on to a war footing. Joint procurement of weapons by the European Defence Agency has been introduced for the first time.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.