stand in
verb- To substitute for; to replace
- to serve as an understudy.
- To make one of a party in a bet or other speculation.
- To take a side in a dispute.
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With opium, belladonna, brucea, snake-wood, and the cherry-laurel, they put to sleep all who stand in their way.
He is much attached to her, no doubt, and would lead a lonely life without her, but it would seem the height of selfishness if he were to stand in the way of her making so brilliant a marriage.
However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me.
“Well, I guess you gentlemen are only doing your clear duty after all, and I have no right to stand in the way of it.
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