war footing

English

Alternative forms

wartime footing

Noun

war footing

A state of preparedness for waging war.
on a war footing

move to a war footing
- 2014 September 11, Uri Friedman, “Is It Peacetime or Wartime in America?”, in The Atlantic‎:
  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.
- 2021 September 8, “Network News: RMT on "war footing" in response to workforce cutback threats”, in RAIL, number 939, page 15:
  The RMT union has told Network Rail and train operators that it has moved to a "war footing" over planned service and workforce cutbacks.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: sotajalka
French: pied de guerre (fr)
German: Kriegsfuß m
Spanish: en pie de guerra

See also

on the warpath

References

“war footing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“on a war footing”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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