STAND IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stand in mean? 

• STAND IN (verb)
  The verb STAND IN has 1 sense:

1. be a substitute

  Familiarity information: STAND IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAND IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a substitute

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

fill in; stand in; sub; substitute

Context example:

The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet

Hypernyms (to "stand in" is one way to...):

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

stand-in (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))

 Context examples 

I tell you that I will never stand in the dock.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Surely you would not stand in the way of his advancement.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I should say he was one of those men who stand in their own light.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It is not for me, my dear Watson, to stand in the way of the official police force.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, I’ll try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

How he came there, I know not, but I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I threw the door forcibly open, as children are accustomed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side; but nothing appeared.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

There were two leaden crowns among the silver, but I would not for that stand in the way of his salvation.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This study suggests that some of the hurdles that stand in the way of exploiting the therapeutic potential of miRNAs could be cleared by instead targeting the gut microbiome.

(New Light on Link between Gut Bacteria, Anxiety, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is designed to stand in the way of harmful materials leaking into the brain and to regulate the transport of important molecules back and forth between the brain and the blood.

(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)