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spring to attention

spring to attention

to move quickly to assume the military posture of attention. The recruit sprang to attention.
See also: attention, spring

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elric-Anglo-Saxon
Leonty-Russian
Sima (1)-Persian
CosimoKAW-zee-maw, KO-zi-moItalian
BrynjaBRIN-yah (Icelandic)Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Kalina-Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
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