stand-in

🇺🇸 /ˈstænd ɪn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈstænd ɪn/
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noun
R

A person who temporarily takes the place of someone else.

When the lead singer got sick, the backup singer was the stand-in for the concert.

R

A person who performs certain scenes for an actor, often for safety reasons.

The actor had a stand-in for the high fall scene in the movie.

translation

n. A person who temporarily takes the place of someone else.; A person who performs certain scenes for an actor, often for safety reasons.

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Plural stand-ins