bench warmer

See: WARM THE BENCH.

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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[on the bench] 1. Sitting in a law court as a judge. * /Judge Wyzanski is on the bench this morning./ 2. Sitting among the substitute players. * /The coach […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bench

[bench] See: [ON THE BENCH], [WARM THE BENCH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

warmer

[warmer] See: [BENCH WARMER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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