stand in for

English

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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)

(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
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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