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Meaning of plan B | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français plan B
Polski plan B
Tiếng Việt phương án B

Examples

“to (not) have a plan B”
“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".”
“"There was no plan B, other than the Pendolino would have to run in non-tilt mode at 110mph."[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

plan C plan chest plan of action plan of attack plan of campaign plan out

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