'Yes. I stand by my words.'
In the military, you sometimes have to stand by your weapons. That
means that the weapons are ready to use in a few seconds.
By extension,
when you are on duty but have nothing to do except to wait, you are
on
stand-by.
This is why modern machines with remote controls don't have
on and
off
any more. They have
on and
stand by, which
means they are ready to be
turned on.
Inseparable two-word verb
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