Synonym: alternate, standby. Similar words: understand, misunderstood, thunderstorm, understanding, understandable, understatement, misunderstanding, study. Meaning: n. an actor able to replace a regular performer when required. v. be an understudy or alternate for a role.
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1. The Vice - President acts as understudy to the President.
2. She worked as an understudy to Elaine Page.
3. The star actor was ill(sentencedict.com/understudy.html), so his understudy had to alternate for him.
4. He was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the USA.
5. The understudy was substituted when the leading actor fell ill.
6. Glover's understudy took over the role on Broadway.
7. The crowd was particularly appreciative of understudy Ray Walker, who filled in so ably for the ailing star, Colm Wilkinson.
8. It is almost impossible for the understudy to achieve mental equilibrium.
9. Since the understudy was off with flu, there could be no show.
10. In her place was her understudy, Miss Lisa Fennell, a young dancer usually seen in the chorus.
11. But Owen is not an understudy.
12. When the star was taken ill, the understudy finally got her first Big Break.
13. The leading player is ill. Let his understudy to appear on the scene.
14. The understudy is substituted when the leading actor falls ill.
15. When the star became sick, his understudy stepped into his part.
16. Even though Sue is an understudy, she did a great job as the leading lady!
17. For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis.
18. She took over after a week's rehearsal, during which Cuka's understudy, Gloria Connell, played opposite Crawford.
19. Another pleasure, which Karelius shared with most male members of the audience, was the performance of her sister's understudy.
20. Rachel told her the only thing she could: that her sister had a mild indisposition, and I was her understudy.
21. Janet was in the chorus as well as being understudy, and the chorus line would now be as it was before Lisa came.
22. The role, after all, was written for the actress, considered so indispensable that she had no understudy.
23. Drew became less punctual, he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy.
24. But there was one performance when he'd overslept, or passed out in his apartment, and his understudy had gone on.
25. Processional races and the abject lack of competition for the 36 - year - old Schumacher and his reluctant understudy Rubens Barrichello sparked a winter of bitter in-fighting .
26. But I would have great belief in any of our young keepers to understudy Edwin.
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