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sent on

sent on is the simple past and past participle of send on.

Meaning of send on

Verb

send on (third-person singular simple present sends on, present participle sending on, simple past and past participle sent on)

  1. (transitive) To introduce (a substitute) into the game.
    • Blackburn's reaction to Newcastle's dominance was to send on Morten Gamst Pedersen and Jason Roberts at the break but Newcastle started the half as they ended it - in the ascendancy.2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    bring on

Questions about sent on

What is sent on the simple past and past participle of?
Sent on is the simple past and past participle of send on.

Words near sent on in the dictionary

  1. sent in
  2. sent it
  3. sent it up the flagpole and saw who saluted
  4. sent it up the flagpole and seen who saluted
  5. sent off
  6. sent on
  7. sent one's apologies
  8. sent out
  9. sent out for
  10. sent shivers down someone's spine
  11. sent someone packing

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