Synonyms for standby
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stand-bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌbaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for standby Other synonyms for the word standby
Définition of standby
- noun substitute
- So the apple came early to be a standby on the new continent.
- Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
- Irish potatoes are expensive, as most of this standby is imported.
- Extract from : « Seven Legs Across the Seas » by Samuel Murray
- That's all you need to clear you of rescue and standby responsibility.
- Extract from : « Spillthrough » by Daniel F. Galouye
- A standby pattern lighted the screen, and I stared at it numbly.
- Extract from : « Backlash » by Winston Marks
- He had no trade as a standby; his whole endowment was his youth and his wits.
- Extract from : « In Clive's Command » by Herbert Strang
- The wreck of the Clyde was once more our standby, providing a suitable length of chain and four shackles.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
- We landed back at the factory, deserted now except for a couple of men on standby duty in the office.
- Extract from : « Robots of the World! Arise! » by Mari Wolf
- Lyddy had prepared a simple meal, of which the staple was the New England standby–baked beans.
- Extract from : « The Girls of Hillcrest Farm » by Amy Bell Marlowe
- By this time when the boys in your group went out for coffee, had there been any instructions to standby?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Did you later receive some instructions to standby to help in the Oswald move?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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