stand in

See also: stand-in and standin'

English

Noun

stand in (plural stand ins)

1. A substitute; a replacement.
   • Her stand in muffed a lot of lines.

Related terms

• (theater) an understudy.

Translations

a substitute

• Esperanto: anstataŭulo
• German: Double (de) n, Ersatz (de) m, (film) Lichtdouble n, (jobs) Springer (de) m, (jobs) Springerin (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: dublör (tr), vekil (tr)

Verb

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

1. To substitute for; to replace; (theater) to serve as an understudy.

Translations

to substitute for

• German: Ersatzmann sein (de) (male person), Ersatzfrau sein (de) (female person), für jemanden die Vertretung haben (de), (film) den Platz übernehmen (de)
• Spanish: suplantar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: yerine çalışmak (tr), yerini almak (tr)

References

• Add verifiable references here to show where you found the word in use.