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sideline

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side⋅line

  [sahyd-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a line at the side of something.
2. a business or activity pursued in addition to one's primary business; a second occupation.
3. an additional or auxiliary line of goods: a grocery store with a sideline of household furnishings.
4. Sports.
a. either of the two lines defining the side boundaries of a field or court.
b. sidelines, the area immediately beyond either sideline, where the substitute players sit.
5. 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)
6. to render incapable of participation, esp. in anything involving vigorous, physical action, as a sport: An injury to his throwing arm sidelined the quarterback for two weeks.
Origin:
1685–95, Americanism; side 1 + line 1
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side·line   (sīd'līn')   
n.  

  1. Sports

    1. A line along either of the two sides of a playing court or field, marking its limits.

    2. sidelines The space outside such limits, occupied by coaches, inactive players, and spectators.

  2. sidelines The position or point of view of those who observe rather than participate in an activity: the political sidelines.

  3. A subsidiary line of merchandise.

  4. An activity pursued in addition to one's regular occupation.

tr.v.   side·lined, side·lin·ing, side·lines Informal
To remove or keep from active participation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

sideline  (n.)
"lines marking the limits of playing area" (on a football field, etc.), 1862, from side (adj.) + line (q.v.). The fig. sense of "position removed from active participation" is attested from 1934 (because players who are not in the game stand along the sidelines). The verb meaning "put out of play" is from 1945.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

sideline

See on the sidelines.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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