to do someone else’s job temporarily while they are not available to do it
"I was sent to tell you they were using a stand-in ," Leaphorn said.
Ben thought Avery, the dad, could stand in for Harry Dean Stanton, looking enough like him to be his twin.
Billy Flynn moved slowly to stand in front of the seated figure who smiled up at him benevolently.
I was driven, obsessed with Mother of whom Nicola was a clear reflection, a cherished stand-in.
If you get sick, they cancel or the stand-in goes on and either way the punters ain't happy.
I’ll be standing in for Peter while he’s away.
Lorraine was ready to stand in if Helen got sick.
She had been a bit-part player in Rice Court's drama- a stand-in.
She really ought to be going - she'd promised to stand in for Daphne.
You can have a lawyer come here and advise you, but you will still have to stand in a line-up.
stands in
standing in
stood in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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