to sideline
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6.3
- verb
- /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn/
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marginar
- The company decided to sideline him from the main project after the last three failures.
- sidelined and ignored
We're going to sideline you for six months and sue you if you try.
- We're going to sideline you for six months and sue you if you try.
- Last year, she ran into digestive problems that sidelined her.
- And then we have Thucydides, who writes about the Peloponnesian Wars after he's sidelined as a general.
- And Tulsi, is it any surprise that Tulsi, you know, has been sidelined from the DNC and has gone over to Trump camp?
- So for the time being, I'm going to I'm going to sideline the internship and, and, and professional.
- And this component of intimacy really, you know, is kind of gets sidelined.
- And when we've done that, we've learned the antidote to skating, sinking or sidelining ourselves.
- But they've basically sidelined that to say we are of the same enemy, the USA.
- And as he is going to remark a little bit later on when they are talking about Operation Dandelion, the OP there has been sidelined for decades.
Examples
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To ensure a fair competition, the coach chose to sideline the players who didn't follow the rules.
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The MRI confirms it's a tour meniscus on the right knee of Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, which will sideline him from the end of the season yet again.
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We're going to sideline you for six months and sue you if you try.
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I'm looking to sideline someone before this evening's event.
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You can't sideline me on this one.
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Athletic trainers see athletes often, and they have the power to sideline an injured athlete.
Academic text (2001) -
This is a fatal blow if Jimmy Silverfoot is sidelined, leaving the team a man short.
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Both of my parents were brilliant, gifted artists, both of them sidelined in this small New Hampshire town with no acknowledgement of their work.
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The trip didn't happen last year; however, because Bartlit was sidelined by a long trial in California.
Academic text (2009) -
Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell was sidelined early against Northwestern with an apparent left arm injury.
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Synonyms
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6.8
Move someone to a lower job or position as punishment
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Etymology
The verb sideline comes from the image of moving someone to the side of the line, that is, putting them 'beside' the main action. That is why to sideline someone means to remove them from the center or make them less involved.