plan B
English
editNoun
editplan B (countable and uncountable, plural plan Bs)
- An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.
- Synonym: contingency plan
- Coordinate terms: plan A, plan C
- After failing to find a wife by 40, he had to rely on plan B, a mail-order bride.
- 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 3:
- She needed something else...A backup plan, a plan "B".
- 2022 September 21, Chris Green tells Nick Brodrick, “It's absolutely my favourite train”, in RAIL, number 966, page 35:
- "There was no plan B, other than the Pendolino would have to run in non-tilt mode at 110mph." [...].
Related terms
editTranslations
editcontingency plan — see contingency plan