in one's stead

English

Prepositional phrase

in one's stead

1. (formal) In place of someone or something.
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   • 2019 October, Tony Miles and Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:

     In December 2020 the Matlock branch services, which currently run through to Newark, will be cut back to Nottingham, but in their stead EMR will extend the hourly Crewe to Derby service through to Newark Castle.

See also

• instead, instead of, in place of