English verb: ride the bench | |||
| 1. | ride the bench (social) be out of the game | ||
| Samples | Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game. | ||
| Synonyms | warm the bench | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||