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stand in (for someone)

to substitute for someone; to serve in someone's place. The famous opera singer was ill, and an inexperienced singer had to stand in for her. The new singer was grateful for the opportunity to stand in.

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The poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure, to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context And more than all, if just previous to putting your hand into the tar-pot, you have been lording it as a country schoolmaster, making the tallest boys stand in awe of you. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Only I stood still, covered, as I was with mire and filth, for I did not fear to stand in the presence of the king. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context			stamp out stamp out of stamp with stampede stampede in stampede into stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back stand back of stand between stand by stand corrected stand down stand for stand ground stand head and shoulders above stand in stand in awe stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat			stand down stand down stand down stand down stand down Stand Establishment Decision Aid stand facing stand fast stand fast stand fire stand firm stand firm stand firm against Stand Firm World Ministries stand for stand for stand for stand for stand for stand ground stand ground stand ground stand ground stand ground stand guard stand guard stand guard stand guard stand head and shoulders above Stand idly by stand in stand in awe stand in awe stand in for stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in need of stand in relation stand in relation to stand in someone's way stand in stead of stand in the place of stand in the way stand in the way of Stand Inside Your Love stand knee-deep in something Stand Like A Rock stand method Stand Mute Stand of ammunition Stand of arms Stand of colors stand off stand off stand off stand off stand off stand off from Stand Off Jammer Counter

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