1 a person who does sb's job for a short time when they are not available:
I acted as Tom's stand-in when he was away. * the stand-in captain
2 a person who replaces an actor in some scenes in a film/movie, especially dangerous ones:
Most of the stunts are performed by stand-ins.
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In this entry, stand-in is tagged as noun.
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