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stood in for

stood in for is the simple past and past participle of stand in for.

Meaning of stand in for

Verb

stand in for (third-person singular simple present stands in for, present participle standing in for, simple past and past participle stood in for)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
    • I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.

Questions about stood in for

What is stood in for the simple past and past participle of?
Stood in for is the simple past and past participle of stand in for.

Words near stood in for in the dictionary

  1. stood firm
  2. stood for
  3. stood from under
  4. stood guard
  5. stood in
  6. stood in for
  7. stood in one's own light
  8. stood in one's value
  9. stood in someone's shoes
  10. stood in the gap
  11. stood in the gate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stood in for (page history and authors); stand in for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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