also second-string
If you describe a person or thing as someone’s second string , you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available.
...a second string team.
N-SING : oft N n
also second-string
If you describe a person or thing as someone’s second string , you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available.
...a second string team.
N-SING : oft N n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006