all standing adverb2 •(UK) Brought to a sudden halt.[…] and then with a terrific crash the ship brought up all standing, and we were hurled against the bridge screens by the force of the collision. — 2008 •(UK) Wearing one's clothes, for example while sleeping.A couple of girls were standing alongside an ambulance drawn up next to the lorry, out of which they had apparently just crawled, having slept all standing, as all had I suppose. — 1917
