sub out

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sub out

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Short for substitute out or subcontract out

verb subs out · subbing out · subbed out

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.”
ambitransitive To hire a subcontractor (to complete a task): to subcontract (something). Near-synonyms: farm out, contract out, outsource
Similar: farm out, contract out, outsource

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@misc{sub_out_2026,
  title = {sub out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sub%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}