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the understudy
verb
To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required
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Instead, Grandage subbed in Cespedes, the understudy.
He's the understudy for my mother".
In Hartford, Andrew Benator's Harry (the understudy) grabs the spotlight.
HARTFORD TheaterWorks Hartford "The Understudy," comedy by Theresa Rebeck.
He was also the understudy for its star, Mr. Kaye.
"She could go on as the understudy," Ebersole whispered.
"The Understudy" isn't abysmal, though it certainly is off target.
The understudy "told me that he killed him," Massino said.
He was like the understudy, or a body double.
I was chosen as the understudy of the lead.
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See the understudy take his shot.
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