plan B en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.
"There was no plan B, other than the Pendolino would have to run in non-tilt mode at 110mph."[…].
2022 September 21, Chris Green tells Nick Brodrick, “It's absolutely my favourite train”, in RAIL, number 966, page 35:After failing to find a wife by 40, he had to rely on plan B, a mail-order bride.
She needed something else...A backup plan, a plan "B".
2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 3:to (not) have a plan B
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plan Bs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
there is no Planet B · change one's battery