also second-string
If you describe a person or thing as someone’s ~, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available.
...a ~ team.
N-SING: oft N n
also second-string
If you describe a person or thing as someone’s ~, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available.
...a ~ team.
N-SING: oft N n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012