Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase use a substitute for something.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. substituting
2. dummy
3. standby
4. token
5. commute
6. instead
7. succedaneum
8. ersatz
9. displace
10. proxy
11. replace
12. replacing
13. supply
14. disposal
15. makeshift
16. pass
17. passed
18. stopgap
19. surrogate
20. excuse
21. anaphora
22. restitute
23. convert
24. book
25. booking
26. books
27. makeover
28. dyeing
29. taut
30. turn
31. utility
32. shell
33. horn
34. hire
35. reserve
36. stockpile
37. cannibalize
38. conversion
39. misuse
40. misused

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