sideline

Speech parts

1. sideline - Noun

2. sideline - Verb

Meaning

an auxiliary activity

a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field

an auxiliary line of merchandise

remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position

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My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline. Michael Jordan

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table. Paul Auster

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them. Shaun White

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline. Ron Jaworski

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers. Samuel West

It's one of the most progressive cities in the world. Shooting is only a sideline. Will Rogers

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