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backup man
noun
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
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the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes

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we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

Syn: ↑stand-in, ↑substitute, ↑relief, ↑reliever, ↑backup, ↑fill-in
Derivationally related forms: ↑fill in (for: ↑fill-in), ↑relieve (for: ↑reliever), ↑substitute (for: ↑substitute), ↑stand in (for: ↑stand-in)
Hypernyms: ↑peer, ↑equal, ↑match, ↑compeer
Hyponyms:
locum tenens, ↑locum, ↑double, ↑stunt man, ↑stunt woman, ↑surrogate, ↑alternate, ↑replacement

Useful english dictionary. 2012.