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Sense: Preposition: in place of

Synonyms:

rather than, in place of, in lieu of, in sb's place, in preference to, as a substitute for, as an alternative to, as opposed to, as a proxy for, on behalf of, in behalf of (US), on sb's behalf, in sb's behalf (US), pp (written), for

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