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   Side·line

   /ˈsīdˌlīn/

   

   noun

   • 1. an activity done in addition to one's main job, especially to earn extra income: "a sideline career as a stand-up comic"
   • ▪ an auxiliary line of goods or business: "electronic handbooks are a lucrative sideline for the firm"
   • 2. either of the two lines bounding the longer sides of a football field, basketball court, tennis court, or similar playing area: "Gascoigne celebrated his goal by sprinting to the sidelines"
   • ▪ the area immediately outside either sideline as a place for nonplayers, substitutes, or spectators: "his son watched from the sidelines"
   • 3. a position where one is observing a situation rather than being directly involved in it: "the US has chosen to remain on the sidelines"

   verb

   • 1. cause (a player) to be unable to play in a team or game: "he has been sidelined for the last six weeks with a fractured wrist"
   • 2. remove from the center of activity or attention; place in a less influential position: "a respected lawyer will be sidelined by alcohol abuse"

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   What does sideline mean?

   • Check out your bona fides and avoid any faux pas. The meaning of SIDELINE is a line at right angles to a goal line or end line and marking a side of a court or field of play for athletic games. How to use sideline in a sentence.

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   What is a sideline business?

   • A sideline is a business activity carried on at the same time, by the same person, or at the same premises, as another, more important, business activity. The garden center developed a lucrative sideline, supplying floral displays to corporate events.

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   What is a sideline in sports?

   • A sideline is something that you do in addition to your main job in order to earn extra money. It was quite a lucrative sideline. Charlie sold second-hand cars from the arches at Brighton station and trained horses as a sideline. The sidelines are the lines marking the long sides of the playing area, for example on a football field or tennis court.

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   What happens if a person is sidelined?

   • The government has just stood on the sidelines up to now and let the situation get worse. If someone or something is sidelined, they are made to seem unimportant and not included in what people are doing. In sports, if a player is sidelined, he or she is prevented from playing for a period of time, for example because of an injury.

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   an auxiliary line of merchandise. see more. noun. an auxiliary activity. synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, spare-time activity. see more. verb. remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position. “The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President”.