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sb's answer to sb/sth
Definition
› If something or someone is the answer to another thing or person, it is or they are considered to be similar or as good: Channel 4 is independent television's answer to BBC2. She's Lithuania's answer to Madonna.Replacing and exchanging
(Definition of sb's answer to sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Replacing and exchanging
Synonyms and related words:
- alternatively adverb
- bargain sth away phrasal verb
- behalf noun
- change over phrasal verb
- compensation noun (EXCHANGE)
- countermand verb
- delegate noun
- pinch-hit verb
- pre-empt verb
- proxy noun
- refill noun
- refill verb
- represent verb (ACT FOR)
- spare noun
- substitute noun
- succession noun
- supersede verb
- supplant verb
- swap noun
- swap verb
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