The army was put on red alert as the peace talks began to break down.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
red alert — noun the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger) • Hypernyms: ↑alert, ↑qui vive * * * noun : the final stage of alert in which attack by enemy aircraft… … Useful english dictionary
red alert — noun (countable usually singular) a warning of sudden very great danger: Evacuate the building this is a red alert! | be on red alert (=be ready to deal with a danger): All the hospitals have been put on red alert … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
red alert — red a lert n [C usually singular, U] a warning that there is very great danger be (put/placed) on red alert ▪ All the hospitals are on red alert … Dictionary of contemporary English
be put on full alert — be put on full/red alert be on full/red alert if soldiers are on full alert, they know that a situation is dangerous and are prepared to act immediately if necessary. The army was put on red alert as the peace talks began to break down … New idioms dictionary
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alert — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heightened, high ▪ The country has put its troops on high alert. ▪ full ▪ amber, orange, red … Collocations dictionary
alert — I adj. alert to (alert to danger) II n. 1) to call an alert 2) to place, put (troops) on alert 3) to call off, cancel an alert 4) (a) full; preliminary; red alert (the troops were on full alert) 5) on (the) alert (to be on the alert) 6) (misc.)… … Combinatory dictionary
