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Where you watch the game you're not allowed to lose your mind over.
means To remove someone or something from the main action, or the boundary line marking the edge of a sports field beyond which play stops.
from A straightforward English compound of "side" and "line," literally the line at the side. It began as a concrete sporting and surveying term — the lines bounding the sides of a field — and the figurative sense of being "sidelined," pushed out of the action, followed naturally, the way a benched player sits beyond the chalk.
- coaching box
- Coaches confined to a painted zone or risk penalties
- origin
- From the boundary lines marking a playing field
- double meaning
- Also a side hustle that quietly pays the bills
- to sideline
- Means to bench, exclude, or shove aside
- reporter turf
- Sideline reporters work the chaos coaches storm through
nfl sideline reporters — broadcast journalists like erin andrews covering live play-by-play from the field edge during games
wimbledon players' benches — designated seating area at the all england club where tennis players sit between matches
soccer technical area — regulated zone on pitch edge where managers like pep guardiola direct tactical changes during play