[f. vbl. phr. stand out (after lock-out): see STAND v. 99.] A workmen’s strike.
1898. Westm. Gaz., 12 Jan., 2/2. They are all protected by a strike clause, which says that a ‘strike or stand out’ by their workmen may be a sufficient excuse for non-completion of their contract.
1901. R. Murray, Hist. Hawick, I. 95. Hawick had hitherto been free from strikes, or ‘stands oot,’ as they were called.
