stand in1
1Deputize: Brown stood in for the injured Simpson...
- I then stood in for another team leader while she was off, and I picked up everything really quickly.
- Ian Bell also pushed his claims by striking an assured 70 when he stood in for Graham Thorpe.
- He stood in for us when called on and played better than we could have expected.
Synonyms
deputize, act, act as deputy, substitute, act as substitute, act as stand-in, fill in, sit in, do duty, take over, act as understudy, act as locum, do a locum, be a proxy, cover, provide cover, hold the fort, step into the breach;
take the place of, do something in someone's place/stead, replace, relieve, take over from, understudy
informal sub, fill someone's shoes/boots, step into someone's shoes/boots
North American pinch-hit
2 Nautical Sail closer to the shore.The American ship stood in as close to the shoals as she dared and then fired a shot across the steamer's bow....
- The ship stood in for the island.
- In the evening we saw a harbour, stood in towards it and found it to have all the appearances of a good one.
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stand-in2
/ˈstandɪn
/noun
A person who stands in for another, especially in a match or performance; a substitute: [as modifier]: a stand-in goalkeeper...
- Onstage, stand-ins for the closing act are doing sound and lighting checks.
- He was chipping cheeky penalties past a stand-in goalkeeper.
- They were knocked out of the Cup after having a stand-in keeper for the second half following an injury.
Synonyms
substitute, replacement, reserve, representative, deputy, surrogate, lieutenant, second, second string, proxy, understudy, double, locum, supply, fill-in, cover, relief, stopgap, standby
informal temp
Latin locum tenens
North American informal pinch-hitter
substitute, replacement, reserve, deputy, second-string, fill-in, stopgap, supply, surrogate, relief, acting, temporary, provisional, caretaker
North American informal pinch-hitting