sub outsomething
phrasal verbwithsubverbuk/sʌb/us/sʌb/-bb-
US(alsosub)
to use one thinginsteadof another:
Theoriginalrecipecalled forsesameoilinsteadofoliveoilbutsesameoilisexpensiveso Isubbedoutoliveoil.
We're in Atlantic Canada where we can't get any good cotija or quesofresco, so wesubbedout somelocalfeta.
US
to not use one thing and use somethingelseinstead:
You cansubout thepecansforwalnutsoralmonds.
Ifevenasmallpercentageof USdriverssubbedouttheirbigbadcarswith one of these, thecountrywouldsaveboatloadsofoil.
US
topaysomeoneelseto do ajoborpartof ajobthat you haveagreedto do:
In asuperefficientmodel, you wouldsubout allworkexcept forbookkeeping,inventorymanagementandstrategicmanagement.
We couldsubthewholething out and get somebodyelseto make them.
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargainsomethingaway
- change over
- instead
- instead of
- lieu
- make up forsomething
- name
- rep
- represent
- shoe
- sing
- someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
- spare
- step
- step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
- step into the breachidiom
- substitution
- succeed
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