| VERB | possession | stand in, substitute, sub, fill in | be a substitute |
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| Meaning | Be a substitute. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | substitute, sub, fill in | |
| Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
| Spanish | suplir | |
| Catalan | suplir | |
| Nouns | stand-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) |
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