plan B

plan B (countable and uncountable, plural plan Bs)

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

   Synonym: contingency plan

   Coordinate terms: plan A, plan C

   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.

   • 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." […].

• change one's battery

• there is no Planet B

• “plan B”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Literally, “plan B”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplan ˈbɛ/

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• Syllabification: plan B

plan B m inan

1. plan B (contingency plan)

   Synonym: (figurative) wyjście awaryjne

   Hypernym: alternatywa

   mieć plan B ― to have a plan B

   • 2024, “Latawce”, Liber (lyrics), Sylwia Grzeszczak (music)‎^[1]performed by Sylwia Grzeszczak, SG Media; Warner Music Poland:

     Może mamy kilka szans ¶ Chyba jakiś tam plan B

     Maybe we have a few chances ¶ Probably some kind of plan B

   • 2025, “Plan B [Plan B]”, in Muzyka popularna, performed by Pezet ft. Mata and Kaz Bałagane, e-muzyka, track 10:

     Nie mam planu B jak NBA YoungBoy

     I have no plan B like NBA YoungBoy

• plan B in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Literally, “plan B”.

• IPA^(key): /ˌplam ˈbe/ [ˌplãm ˈbe]
• Syllabification: plan B

plan B m (plural planes B)

1. plan B (contingency plan)