Also,
ride the bench. Be a secondary or substitute participant; wait one's turn to participate. For example, I can't wait till the head of accounting retires; I've been warming the bench for years. This expression comes from such sports as baseball and football, and their standard practice of having substitute players sit on a bench in case they are needed in a game. [Slang; early 1900s]
ride the bench
| Idioms: warm the bench |
| WordNet: ride the bench |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
be out of the game; in sports
Synonym: warm the bench
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