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WARM THE BENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warm the bench mean? 

WARM THE BENCH (verb)
  The verb WARM THE BENCH has 1 sense:

1. be out of the gameplay

  Familiarity information: WARM THE BENCH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WARM THE BENCH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be out of the game

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ride the bench; warm the bench

Context example:

Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game

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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