Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ride_the_bench

1 sense of ride the bench

Sense 1
ride the bench, warm the bench -- (be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game")
       => idle, laze, slug, stagnate -- (be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")