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Standby   /stˈændbˈaɪ/   Listen
Standby

adjective
1.
Ready for emergency use.  "A standby crew"
noun
1.
Something that can be relied on when needed.
2.
An actor able to replace a regular performer when required.  Synonym: understudy.





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"Standby" Quotes from Famous Books



... Captain observed, as a general opening of the conversation that could not fail to propitiate all parties, 'Wal'r, standby!' ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens
... but we were up-to-date in a good many other particulars. Why, it was even against the office rule to run "beauty and chivalry" into a story when describing a mixed assemblage of men and women; and when a Southern newspaper bars out that ancient and honorable standby among phrases it is a sign that the old order ...
— The Escape of Mr. Trimm - His Plight and other Plights • Irvin S. Cobb
... straws handy, have your silver and china ready at hand so that when your guests arrive you may devote your time and attention to them. The following menus are not hard to prepare and the dishes will be found most palatable and suited to every purse: Veribest Canned Meats, the standby of the housewife who combines economy of time with excellence of quality, are used in many of them. There is a wide range of these meats delicious and many ways of using them. Every pantry should have at least one shelf devoted to them so that the housewife need never be at a loss for the ...
— Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 - A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest • Various
... was no light thing for a boy of his years, ignorant of life and the world, to cut himself adrift from old ties and voyage into the unknown. Had he been wise? He had no trade as a standby; his whole endowment was his youth and his wits. Would they suffice? Diggle's talk had opened up an immense prospect, full of color and mystery and romance, chiming well with his daydreams. Was it possible that, sailing to India, he might find some ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang
... 'Jewel Song.' It's always a good, showy standby. Let go—the way I heard you practice the other Sunday morning—and forget that it's Auchinloss or anyone else listening ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst


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