sideline
- noun
- /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn/
- Payne is wide open down the right sideline!
Examples
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He's got Damien Fuller streaking down the sideline.
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Suddenly, number 25 had the ball and was racing up the sideline.
Fiction book (2000) -
We stand on the sideline alone.
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I could see myself watching from the sideline of one of E's games.
Fiction book (2002) -
And there he goes cutting across the field, racing down the sideline!
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We have a challenge to that last play when McCaffrey caught the ball on the sideline.
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The football coach runs along the sidelines as he yells.
Fiction book (1994) -
Injured players are sometimes kept off the sidelines at K-State's home games.
Blog text (2) -
Play-action, Warner sets up deep, fires to the sideline, Isaac Bruce makes the catch.
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During the match, the players took their positions on the sideline while waiting for their turn to enter the game.
Synonyms
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
A line that shows the edge between two areas
A line at the side of a sports field that shows when the ball is out
Compounds
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sideline is made of side and line, meaning 'edge' and 'mark'. It first named the line that shows the edge of a playing field, so it still means that boundary today.