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Definition of understudy verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

understudy

verb

NAmE//ˈʌndərˌstʌdi//

understudy somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they understudy

he / she / it understudies

past simple understudied

-ing form understudying

to learn a part in a play as an understudy; to act as an understudy to someone She once understudied Marilyn Monroe.

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