stand in for
Intermediate (B1) neutral
To do someone's job for them while they are away.
"Can you stand in for me at the meeting on Thursday? I have a doctor's appointment."
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Number four, stand in for someone.
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of anonymous buildings that can stand in for anywhere else.
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are fictions that stand in for approximations without being true themselves.
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I'll be happy to stand in for him if you are
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See how the big fish stand in for the colonizers and the concept