"ride the bench" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rides the bench [present, singular, third-person], riding the bench [participle, present], rode the bench [past], ridden the bench [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> the bench}} ride the bench (third-person singular simple present rides the bench, present participle riding the bench, simple past rode the bench, past participle ridden the bench)
  1. (sports, colloquial) To warm the bench. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: warm the bench
    Sense id: en-ride_the_bench-en-verb-XWLpZNTJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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