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Synonyms for standby


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stand-bahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌbaɪ

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Définition of standby

  • noun substitute
Example sentences :
  • 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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