subbing out
Putting someone else
Subbing out means hiring someone else to do work you've been contracted to perform.
A general contractor subs out electrical work to an electrician, plumbing to a plumber.
The phrase implies delegation rather than abandonment—you remain responsible for the result: We're subbing out the logo design to a freelancer.
In sports contexts, subbing out means removing a player from the game: The coach subbed him out in the third quarter.
- subcontractorHired by the hirer
- temp agencyBroker for provisional workers
- swappingTrading items mutually
- pinch hitterSubstitute batter
- floaterSomething buoyant or transient
outsourcing · freelancer · hired gun · understudy · bench player · relief worker · delegating · offloading · exchanging · stand-in · assigning · switching · filling in · transferring · interchanging · passing the baton · covering · calling in sick
subbing outsubbing in
Replacing temporarily
coming in · checking in · going in · stepping in · staying in
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