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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A submarine.
  • A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
  • informal A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
  • informal|often in plural Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
  • informal A submissive in BDSM practices.
  • informal A substitute.

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Preposition:

  • Under.

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Verb:

  • informal To substitute for.
  • informal football Less commonly, and often as '''sub on''', to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
  • informal football To replace (a player) with a substitute.
  • British To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
  • informal To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

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