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to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
- she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week
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nounSynonyms of stand-in (Entry 2 of 2)
a person or thing that takes the place of another
- hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
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“Stand in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand%20in. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of stand in was in 1904
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