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Alternative form of alebench [(historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.]
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(transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
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(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.
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To perform a bench test on.
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Alternative spelling of bench-warmer [(sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.]
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(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
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(slang, law) To issue a judicial ruling or opinion that is harsh or humiliating towards a particular party or attorney.
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Alternative spelling of bench-warmer [(sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.]
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A type of street furniture designed to restrict certain uses and behaviours and be usable only as a bench.
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A person (or machine) that flips a coin to decide heads or tails.
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(transitive) To drive from a bench or seat.
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(transitive, debating) To draw attention to (a person who is absent from a debate) by providing an empty podium or chair which they would have occupied.
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A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
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(law enforcement) An on the ground stop made by a police officer.
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(prison slang) A physical attack on a newly-arrived prisoner to determine whether he/she is willing to fight.
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(board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
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(obsolete) A raised work like a bench.
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(obsolete) The seat in which one is placed.
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(transitive, informal) To capture or arrest.
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(by extension) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
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The position as a member of a sports team.
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Alternative form of prisoners' bars (“the game”) [A game in which two teams chase and capture any opponents running from their home area.]
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(military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
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(countable, informal) A recreation ground.
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(US navy) Alternative form of redshirt (“sailor who handles ordinance”) [(US, collegiate sports) An athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.]
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(sports, colloquial) To warm the bench.
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Alternative form of sand winner [A person who undertakes sand winning]
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(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
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(obsolete) A seat or stool.
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A bench or stand on which entries are placed at dog or other animal shows, horticultural shows, fairs, and similar events.
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(figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.
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(US, law enforcement) A search carried out by the police during a Terry stop.
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(obsolete) A merchants' meeting place or exchange.
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(historical, obsolete) A type of court, during the reign of Edward I, that put down violent opposition to the crown
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(figuratively, transitive) To lead or guide somewhere.
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(sports, colloquial) To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute.
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(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
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