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ride the bench

ride the bench verb: to warm the bench.

Verb

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. (colloquial) To warm the bench.
    • I spent the whole game riding the bench – I didn't get to play at all.
    Synonyms:
    warm the bench

Synonyms of ride the bench

Forms of ride the bench

third-person singular presentrides the bench
present participleriding the bench
pastrode the bench
past participleridden the bench

Questions about ride the bench

What does ride the bench mean?
Ride the bench means to warm the bench.
What part of speech is ride the bench?
Ride the bench is a verb.
What is the past tense of ride the bench?
The past tense of ride the bench is rode the bench.

Words near ride the bench in the dictionary

  1. ride shotgun
  2. ride someone's ass
  3. ride St George
  4. ride St. George
  5. ride tall in the saddle
  6. ride the bench
  7. ride the boards
  8. ride the brakes
  9. ride the circuit
  10. ride the clock
  11. ride the clutch

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