stand in for

In political speeches and in the media, the future of the middle class is often used as a stand-in for the future of America.

The supervisor is going away for a week and I have to stand in for her.

Uh, one of our models didn't show up. We really need someone to stand in for her in wardrobe.

Gale: You want me to be a stand-in for you again tonight at the dinner party?

He said he would stand in for me any time.

That common dream of being unprepared for an exam may be a stand-in for not meeting a goal or trying to juggle too many responsibilities.

He took worlds he knew and made them stand in for those kinds of classical ideas. I really admired it.

The program is no stand-in for therapy though, George insists, and some topics should stay out of these discussions.

Again, a few examples of the problems will have to stand in for a much longer list.

The resulting cells are nowhere near powerful enough to run cars, but they are plenty powerful enough to stand in for small batteries.

Do you want me to be a stand-in for you again tonight at the dinner party?

I've no objection to your having an hour off to go shopping if you can get anyone to stand in for you.

And letters like this stand in for properties or sometimes sentences.

In general, we'd have no trouble using the iPhone 4's camera as a stand-in for a dedicated camera.

Your job cannot be a stand-in for relationships and people who care about you.

I was wondering if you could stand in for me at the meeting.

But don't let the most extreme statements stand in for the whole, or discount the demonstrators as oddballs.

Subject to passing a fitness test, Schumacher will stand in for the injured Felipe Massa at Valencia later this month.

This short novel is the story of a war between two factions that stand in for different segments of Japanese society.

Might China stand in for the Soviet Union as the west's opponent in a new cold war?

Adams was a last-minute stand-in for hip-hop star Kanye West whose mother died earlier in the week.

To stand in for someone like him feels too random to be flattering.

For it is these slippages stand in for all the growing pains felt by both west and east in our increasingly reliant relationship.

With budgets tight and boots loose, [for Russian smokejumpers] rags stand in for socks and saplings double as tent poles.

It is conceivable that Osiris-as-Orion, 'the companion of Sirius, ' is a stand-in for the invisible true companion Sirius B.

John was assigned to stand in for the male lead, because he resembled the actor in appearance.

A future is a stand-in for a computational result that is initially unknown but becomes available at a later time.

He used to stand in for the star.

He was a stand-in for my regular doctor.

a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts.

Enables one object to stand in for another.

My assistant will stand in for me while I'm away.

similarly , xiao s replace flutes and suonas stand in for oboes.

One example can stand in for dozens of others.

And since they're treating you like a puppet, an iconic stand-in for the real business, you need to treat yourself as a puppet, too.

Can you stand in for Mr Zhang while he's on vocation?

King: I see. So when I'm away, Donald has to stand in for me.

Jean will stand in for May when she's on vacation.

Can you stand in for Tom while he's on vacation?

In Pound's definition, the image is not just a stand-in for something else;

stand in for the shore