stand in for

“Bloodline” reminds me of the breed of darkly comic postwar novels by Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Harry Crews and others, in which regional manias stand in for a broader national lunacy.

“Kari and I could stand in for the human talent that we were in the scene with Indy, but I would not say we were acting. We weren’t,” said Leonberg.

Anthony Solis sits with Ortega on a panel that approves private attorneys to stand in for the public defender’s office when it has a conflict of interest.

Location scouts have said it’s charm is versatile enough to stand in for different parts of the country.

“If you need me to stand in for Jesus, I’ll do it,” Gad jokes.