as you were

English

Interjection

as you were (military)

1. Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.
2. Stop standing at attention or don't stand at attention (used when, for instance, an officer enters a barracks room).

Translations

return to most recent command

• Finnish: jatkakaa
• French: repos (fr)
• German: (annul mistaken command) Kommando zurück, (tell soldiers they need no longer stand at attention) stehen Sie bequem, (make soldiers return to previous duty after inspection) weitermachen (de)
• Italian: come non detto, ordine annullato
• Polish: wróć (stop immediately), spocznij (pl) (at ease)
• Russian: отставить (ru) (otstavitʹ) (stop immediately), вольно (ru) (volʹno) (at ease)