contingency plan

noun

1. a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes.
2. a plan or procedure that will take effect if an emergency occurs; emergency plan.

Example Sentences

Some clients are ready to leave the country, while others are looking for a contingency plan in case their preferred presidential candidate loses.

From Los Angeles Times

A team of officials with San Bernardino County decided to employ a contingency plan under which many of the animals would be evacuated to the Living Desert, a nonprofit zoo and botanical garden in the Coachella Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

Most recently, he sent a letter to the New York Jets last season, offering to join the team’s practice squad as a “risk-free contingency plan” behind starting quarterback Zach Wilson following a season-ending Achilles tendon injury to Rodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

The Republican counters to Harris and Democrats' "weird" branding, he added, also feel "a little rushed" as though the party didn't anticipate Biden bowing out of the race like he did or have a great contingency plan in place for such an outcome.

From Salon

The agency is now invoking a contingency plan: a “one-gyro” mode that keeps the other functioning gyroscope in reserve.

From Science Magazine