understudy
verb/ˈʌndəstʌdi/
/ˈʌndərstʌdi/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they understudy | /ˈʌndəstʌdi/ /ˈʌndərstʌdi/ |
| he / she / it understudies | /ˈʌndəstʌdiz/ /ˈʌndərstʌdiz/ |
| past simple understudied | /ˈʌndəstʌdid/ /ˈʌndərstʌdid/ |
| past participle understudied | /ˈʌndəstʌdid/ /ˈʌndərstʌdid/ |
| -ing form understudying | /ˈʌndəstʌdiɪŋ/ /ˈʌndərstʌdiɪŋ/ |
- understudy somebody/something to learn a part in a play as an understudy; to act as an understudy to somebody
- She once understudied Marilyn Monroe.
- He once understudied Laurence Olivier as Malvolio.
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