warm the bench

[warm the bench] {v. phr.}, {informal} To act as a substitute on an athletic team.

* /Bill has been warming the bench for three football seasons; he hopes that the coach will let him play this year./

- [bench warmer] {n.}, {informal} A substitute player.

* /Last year Ted was only a bench warmer, but this year he is the team's star pitcher./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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