standing in for
Acting in place
Standing in for means temporarily taking someone's place or serving as a substitute.
A colleague stands in for you during vacation; an understudy stands in for an ill actor.
The phrase implies a temporary arrangement where one person fulfills another's role or duties: She's standing in for the manager while he's on leave.
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- pinch-hitterSubstitute batter
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- alternateOccur in succession
spokesperson · understudy · body double · stunt double · deputation · substitute · fill in · step in · backup · authorization · locum · temp worker · acting manager · embodiment · surrogate · envoy · advocate · assignment
- substitution wordsinstead of, in lieu of, rather than, replacing, supplanting
stand, standing, stands, understand, understanding, withstand, withstanding, standstill, bystander