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subbed in

subbed in is the simple past and past participle of sub in.

Meaning of sub in

Verb

sub in (third-person singular simple present subs in, present participle subbing in, simple past and past participle subbed in)

  1. (especially) To replace something or take someone's place,
    • As the Medford native was replacing McKennie, Shaq Moore ran off the bench to sub in for Dest. And England manager Gareth Southgate made another move while he could, Marcus Rashford for Bukayo Saka.25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia Inquirer

Questions about subbed in

What is subbed in the simple past and past participle of?
Subbed in is the simple past and past participle of sub in.

Words near subbed in in the dictionary

  1. subbay
  2. subbays
  3. subbeadle
  4. subbeadles
  5. subbed
  6. subbed in
  7. subbed out
  8. subbenthic
  9. subber
  10. subbers
  11. subbiatorine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subbed in (page history and authors); sub in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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