plan B

American  

Or Plan B

noun

1. a strategy or plan to be implemented if the original one proves impracticable or unsuccessful.

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Etymology

Origin of plan B

First recorded in 1975–80; from the assumption that the original plan is “plan A”

Example Sentences

Two balls into Australia's Plan B, one that reduced the series' best bowler in Starc to a battering ram, Brook backed away and almost top-edged a catch to the fielder lurking at third.

From BBC

"If we cannot, I'm thinking about plan B, C and even D. I am an engineer, always planning."

From BBC

“For $16.99, it will be a good plan B,” he advised.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But I hope it will all work out. We have a plan B, a plan C, and a plan D," he continued.

From BBC

And when the production falls somewhere between RedOne productions and Plan B deep cuts, that world becomes a post-cultural, hazy pop dystopia of both the past and a far-off, distant future.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• contingency