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WARM THE BENCH
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be out of the game
Example:
Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game
Synonyms:
ride the bench; warm the bench
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "warm the bench" is one way to...):
idle; laze; slug; stagnate (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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