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sidelines - 3 dictionary results

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
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sidelines

see on the sidelines.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Language Translation for : sidelines
Spanish: al margen,
German: die Seite,
Japanese: 傍観者の立場
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