deputise
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Meaning
appoint as a substitute
act as a substitute
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She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
As Johnson was rushed to St Thomas' Hospital in central London this week, his foreign secretary Dominic Raab was asked to deputise for him “where necessary”.
The Saints’ German-born Portuguese right-back Cedric is a doubt with a hamstring problem with Jeremy Pied expected to deputise.
With Sead Kolasinac and Kieran Tierney still out injured, Bukayo Saka is likely to continue to deputise at left-back.
The German international, who can also deputise as a forward, came through the Bundesliga club’s academy.