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.
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31. Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will once again deputise for Terry as stand-in captain.
32. Craig, Obama's sparring partner lined up for Tampa, was a stand-in for President George Bush while John Kerry prepared for the 2004 debates.
33. Chen Qigang says the pigtailed nine-year-old girl, Lin Miaoke, was actually a stand-in for the real singer who was not considered attractive enough.
34. In part, the Japanese may be protecting their right to whale as a stand-in for a separate issue that they actually care about: fishing for bluefin tuna.
35. The rocket ship is made in three main sections. This is the top section, where the pilot will sit. Inside is a stand-in for the pilot's chair.
36. Schumacher's first grand prix was with Jordan in Belgium in 1991, as a stand-in for jailed Belgian driver Bertrand Gachot.
37. He makes some frantic phone calls to his boss for permission to leave his post and installs Phil the Bus God as the new stand-in at the hostel desk.
38. Ricardo Rocha and Anthony Gardner, the stand-in centre halves, floundered,[sentencedict.com/stand-in.html] run ragged by a tireless Andrew Johnson.
39. This is in contrast to a stand-in who replaces an actor for non-filming purposes such as scene arrangement and lighting adjustments.
40. Let me tell you, I'm getting tired of being your stand-in all the time.
41. A future is a stand-in for a computational result that is initially unknown but becomes available at a later time.
42. Perot's stand-in was Congressman Mike Synar of Oklahoma, who had Ross's sayings and accent down pat.
43. For example, off-line batch-processing windows may need to be covered by stand-in processing solutions.
44. And just in case "Courage" can't fulfill his responsibilities, Walter brought along another turkey, "Carolina," as an alternate, the stand-in.
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