sideline
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn/
:
banda
- The coach stood on the sideline to give instructions to the players during the match.
- sit on the sidelines
- watch from the sidelines
- remain on the sidelines
Instead, now is the time to sit on the sidelines and wait and prepare.
- Instead, now is the time to sit on the sidelines and wait and prepare.
- And basically I had to sit on the sidelines and watch this game do extremely well.
- What I would encourage you to do is stand on the sidelines.
- It keeps changing as more people come off the sidelines.
- Lufthansa, the Germans are saving Jews and we're standing on the sidelines.
- Interliba talking to Grande Doozy before and obviously Mesut Ozil is on the sidelines as well.
- Flynn was in federal court today to be sentenced for lying to the FBI and Trump was on the sidelines cheering him on.
- And in either event, he will never be among those who are sitting on the sidelines and know neither success nor failure.
- And the critic sits on the sidelines, doesn't get their hands dirty and just points out all the faults.
Examples
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On the sideline, McKinley gets there ahead of his marker.
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Look, I gotta be down on the sidelines during the game.
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And basically I had to sit on the sidelines and watch this game do extremely well.
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Our role is to support the master from the sidelines to protect him from danger.
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Anna could only stand on the sidelines and cheer her on.
Fiction book (2000) -
The players run back to the sidelines to reset for the face-off and gather around the coach.
Fiction book (1999) -
During playground games, she could only sit on the sidelines, twitchy with impatience.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the football game, the substitutes waited on the sideline for their turn to play.
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As the game unfolded, the fans cheered from the sideline, encouraging their teammates.
Synonyms
34
4.3
A low shelter beside a baseball field where players and coaches sit
7
4.1
Seats or area next to a sports court where people sit close to the action
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sideline comes from side and line, and it names the area just beside the playing field. Because coaches and substitutes stand 'beside' that line, sideline now means the place outside the main play.