send on
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editsend on (third-person singular simple present sends on, present participle sending on, simple past and past participle sent on)
- (sports, transitive) To introduce (a substitute) into the game.
- 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC[1]:
- Blackburn's reaction to Newcastle's dominance was to send on Morten Gamst Pedersen and Jason Roberts at the break but Newcastle started the half as they ended it - in the ascendancy.