sub
verb/sʌb/
/sʌb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sub | /sʌb/ /sʌb/ |
| he / she / it subs | /sʌbz/ /sʌbz/ |
| past simple subbed | /sʌbd/ /sʌbd/ |
| past participle subbed | /sʌbd/ /sʌbd/ |
| -ing form subbing | /ˈsʌbɪŋ/ /ˈsʌbɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] sub somebody to replace a sports player with another player during a game synonym substitute
- He was subbed after just five minutes because of a knee injury.
- [intransitive] sub (for somebody) to do somebody else’s job for them for a short time synonym substitute
- Jake asked me to sub for him next week when he's away in California.
- [transitive] sub something for something to use something instead of something else, especially instead of the thing you would normally use synonym substitute
- For a lower-calorie version of the recipe, try subbing milk for cream.
- [transitive] sub somebody something (British English, informal) to lend somebody money for a short time
- Could you sub me £50 till next week?
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