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    WARM THE BENCH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Be out of the gameplay

    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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