in (someone's/something's) stead

in the place of someone or something else.

We gave Mr. Neil a power of attorney to deal with the landlord in our stead while we were out of the country.

• be fighting mad
• be firing on all cylinders
• be first among equals
• be first off the mark
• be first past the post
• be fit to be tied
• be flat broke
• be flesh and blood
• be floating on air
• be flying high
• be footloose and fancy-free
• before can say Jack Robinson
• before could blink
• before know it
• before knows what hit
• before knows what hit them
• before last
• before long
• before someone could blink
• before someone knows what hit
• before someone knows what hit them
• before time
• before you can say
• before you can say Jack Robinson
• before you can say something