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subs out

subs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sub out.

Meaning of sub out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To replace with a substitute: to substitute (something or someone).
    • It's this single word also that Dickenson's editors subbed out for the 1896 edition of her poems, rendering the line instead, “But sequence ravelled out of reach / like balls upon a floor.”2010, Kazim Ali, Orange Alert, page 183
  2. (ambitransitive) To hire a subcontractor (to complete a task): to subcontract (something).
    • Near-synonym: farm out
    Synonyms:
    farm out

Questions about subs out

What is subs out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sub out.

Words near subs out in the dictionary

  1. subruler
  2. subrulers
  3. subrules
  4. subs
  5. subs in
  6. subs out
  7. subs' bench
  8. subs' benches
  9. subsacral
  10. subsacrist
  11. subsacristan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subs out (page history and authors); sub out (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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