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in someone's stead

see in someone's shoes; instead of.

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transliterate
to remove or destroy all traces of.
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Words nearby in someone's stead

in someone's bad graces, in someone's face, in someone's good graces, in someone's hair, in someone's shoes, in someone's stead, in spades, in specie, in spite of, in state, in statu quo
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