ride_the_bench has definitions from the field of sport
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[ verb ] (sport) be out of the game; in sports

Synonyms

warm_the_bench

Examples

"Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

That means Stan_Musial probably will ride_the_bench on the seventh anniversary of his record five home_run day against the Giants .

Related terms

idle sport

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