sideline

IPA: sˈaɪdɫaɪn

A line at the side of something.
Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
(sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
(sports, usually in the plural) The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
(figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.
(Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.

(sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.
(figurative, transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.

Examples of "sideline" in Sentences

We will not shunt the discussion off to the sidelines.
A hamstring injury sidelined him for the month of July.
The court is divided into two from sideline to sideline.
I'll retire to the sideline in deference to his further input.
He was sent to the sidelines following the race due to sore shins.
He was forced to sit on the sidelines for the reminder of the game.
He suffered a concussion and was sidelined for the rest of the month.
But as things stand now, Italy would be left leering on the sidelines.
After this was discovered, the colt was sidelined for the rest of the season.
For decades each of these titans patrolled the sidelines of the Terrapins, each with their distinctive scowl on their face.