stand in for

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

stand in for (third-person singular simple present stands in for, present participle standing in for, simple past and past participle stood in for)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.

   I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.

Translations

replace

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代替 (zh) (dàitì)

• Dutch: vervangen (nl)
• Finnish: tuurata (fi)
• French: remplacer (fr), suppléer (fr)
• German: sich ersetzen
• Interlingua: suppler a un persona
• Italian: sostituire (it), fare le veci (it)
• Korean: ~를 대신하여
• Romanian: înlocui (ro)
• Russian: замеща́ть (ru) impf (zameščátʹ), замести́ть (ru) pf (zamestítʹ)
• Spanish: substituir (es)

See also

• stand in

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