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plan B

plan B noun: an alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.

Noun

plan B (countable and uncountable, plural plan Bs)

  1. An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.
    • to (not) have a plan B
    • After failing to find a wife by 40, he had to rely on plan B, a mail-order bride.

Synonyms of plan B

Forms of plan B

pluralplan Bs

Questions about plan B

What does plan B mean?
Plan B means an alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.
What part of speech is plan B?
Plan B is a noun.
What is the plural of plan B?
The plural of plan B is plan Bs.

Words near plan B in the dictionary

  1. Plamondons
  2. plan
  3. plan A
  4. plan ahead
  5. plan As
  6. plan B
  7. plan Bs
  8. plan C
  9. plan chest
  10. plan chests
  11. plan of action

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