double (as)

verb

Definition of double (as)next
as in to stand in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double (as)
  1. stand in
  2. take over
  3. fill in
  4. step in
  5. substitute
Verb
  • So let Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Black’s directorial debut, stand in for all of the above in part because Christmas is so central, narratively and thematically, to its plot.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
  • One of the drivers in the original crash, her father and both police officers were standing in front of the cars involved when Geer crashed into the back of the Tacoma, police said in the affidavit.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of stand in
Verb
  • Vice President Kamala Harris took over from Biden, who stepped aside under pressure in July.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Jim Thomas, who took over the business when his dad retired, welcomed customers in for the party, along with many members of his family, including his wife, Josephine, his sister, Michele, and his mother, Dorothy (who made Cornish pasties by hand just for the occasion).
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of take over
Verb
  • In a separate case, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in ballots shouldn’t be counted if the date on the envelope wasn’t filled in correctly.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Duggan also announced Melia Howard as his new deputy mayor after Todd Bettison left the post to fill in as the Detroit Police Department's interim police chief.
    Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of fill in
Verb
  • But the Olympics in Italy a year later could be a reasonable goal, with some good fortune and another step in his development along the way.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, states have stepped in to push wages up, with 34 states, territories and districts now having minimum wages, nearly all of those above $10.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of step in
Verb
  • Don’t substitute it for a squash or pumpkin that has stringy flesh like spaghetti squash or field pumpkin.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz criticized the U.N. as failing to address allegations that UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip participated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and said other international aid agencies are sufficient to substitute UNRWA’s work.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of substitute
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“Double (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20%28as%29. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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