Synonym: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, substitute. Similar words: stand in, standing, outstanding, upstanding, stand in line, long-standing, longstanding, standing room. Meaning: n. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) stand in. v. be a substitute.
1. He was a stand-in for my regular doctor.
2. I acted as Tom's stand-in when he was away.
3. Tom acted as my stand-in while I was abroad.
4. A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals.
5. Gilbert failed to find a stand-in and so could not go to the party.
6. Ann was Shirley MacLaine's stand-in in the movie.
7. We always had a permanent stand-in with Mike around.
8. Perot is just a stand-in for whomever the Reform Party nominates for president.
9. However, Tim Flowers' stand-in was up to the shot and knocked the ball down before gathering at the second attempt.
10. The other goal was scored by stand-in left-back Peter Murray - a sign of the Ports' superiority in the second-half.
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11. Despite throwing chewing gum wrappers at stand-in boss Howard Wilkinson, he was still unable to get a game!
12. I'd like Tom to act as a stand-in for Julian until he returns to work.
13. Russell used a stand-in for most of the action scenes.
14. But stand-in skipper McAllister is confident that Leeds will bounce back in the style that made them champions last May.
15. You became a stand-in for your boss at parties and meetings.
16. Perot claims he is serving as a stand-in for whomever the Reform Party nominates at its Labor Day convention.
17. The program is no stand-in for therapy though, George insists(sentencedict.com), and some topics should stay out of these discussions.
18. The lecturer didn't turn up, so we had to find a stand-in.
19. In his column, he was using San Francisco as a stand-in for an even easier target: liberalism.
20. Smotrycz is an athletic footwear designer from Reading who is a commercial stand-in for Bird.
21. Other political figures are immediately obvious: an embittered Jesse Jackson stand-in.
22. Ms Green couldn't be here today, so I'm her stand-in.
23. Aboard they had some six hundred gallons of gasoline, just a partial load, and a male stand-in for her.
24. She told us she has a boyfriend, and that he is acting on the show as a stand-in.
25. Reed had the sewer walls perfumed and used a stand-in when possible.
26. Mobile Magic, a $1.99 app, allows visitors to type in "Sleeping Beauty" and receive directions to where that princess (or at least a costumed stand-in) is signing autographs.
27. Later I learned that in addition to a cuddling stand-in Bolt uses a warmup boy so that he doesn't have to squander precious minutes on foreplay.
28. It even offers fake lovers to introduce to your family and stand-in secretaries for those that want to look important.
29. That common dream of being unprepared for an exam may be a stand-in for not meeting a goal or trying to juggle too many responsibilities.
30. Lana climbed a ladder to point the viewfinder from above at Hanks's stand-in.
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