(v) :
to operate some distance from the object of the operation; to become involved in a socialconfrontation, or conflict of interests. (To cause a stand-off is to undertake the action itself.)
(n) :
a device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and electricalwiring; a social confrontation, or conflict between persons (see above verb)
"I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two."
(v) :
to operate some distance from the object of the operation; to become involved in a socialconfrontation, or conflict of interests. (To cause a stand-off is to undertake the action itself.)
(n) :
a device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and electricalwiring; a social confrontation, or conflict between persons (see above verb)
"I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two."