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sub

UK/sʌb/ US/sʊb/ fairly common informal slang uk us
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

1.

be a substitute

  • “The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”
  • “The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet”
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noun

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Origin

* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.

Phrases

  • blood sub
  • Italian sub
  • Italian sub sandwich
  • party sub
  • pizza sub
  • pizza sub sandwich
  • semper ubi sub ubi
  • soft sub
  • stone sub
  • sub atomic
  • sub fusc
  • sub in

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