war footing

noun

the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of war footing¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.

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Russia's economy is currently on a war footing.

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Moscow put its economy on to a war footing some time ago.

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Rishi Sunak pledged to hit the target by 2030 in the run-up to last year's general election, to put the country's defence industry "on a war footing".

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He added that Russia's economy was "on a war footing", with its defence spend by 2025 set to be "a third of Russia's state budget – and the highest level since the Cold War".

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