SIDELINE Definition & Meaning

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sideline

[ sahyd-lahyn ]

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noun

a line at the side of something.
a business or activity pursued in addition to one's primary business; a second occupation.
an additional or auxiliary line of goods:
a grocery store with a sideline of household furnishings.
Sports.
1. either of the two lines defining the side boundaries of a field or court.
2. sidelines, the area immediately beyond either sideline, where the substitute players sit.
sidelines, the position or point of view taken by a person who observes an activity or situation but does not directly participate in it.

verb (used with object)

sidelined, sidelining.

to render incapable of participation, especially in anything involving vigorous, physical action, as a sport:
An injury to his throwing arm sidelined the quarterback for two weeks.

sideline

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noun

sport a line that marks the side boundary of a playing area
a subsidiary interest or source of income
an auxiliary business activity or line of merchandise

verb

to prevent (a player) from taking part in a game
to prevent (a person) from pursuing a particular activity, operation, career, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sideline¹

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95; side ¹ + line ¹

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While sidelined, she became a respected motherly figure around the team because of her maturity and leadership.

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Patrick, 35, is an amateur rider as a sideline to being his father's assistant at a training establishment in County Carlow that stands head and shoulders ahead of its jump racing rivals.

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“My receiver heard me making calls on the sideline. He ran up to me after he got off the field and was like, ‘Big General!

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He was later a play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter covering college football and basketball games for an unwired radio network before getting hired to be the voice of Pepperdine women’s basketball for two seasons.

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"For years, hard working American citizens were forced to sit on the sidelines as other nations got rich and powerful, much of it at our expense," he said.

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