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stand-in

Nouns

• (n) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
  • the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
  • we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
  backup man, fill-in, reliever, backup, substitute, relief,

Verbs

• (v) be a substitute
  • The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
  • The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
  sub, substitute, fill in,

Synonyms

sub substitute fill in backup man reliever backup relief

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