standby
adjective/ˈstændbaɪ/
/ˈstændbaɪ/
[only before noun]- a standby ticket for a flight, concert, etc. cannot be bought in advance and is only available a very short time before the plane leaves or the performance startsTopics Transport by airc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryStandby is used with these nouns:
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