Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sideline
Participle: sidelinene
Gerund: sidelining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| he;she;it | sidelinees |
| we | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| they | sideline |
Perfect
| I | have sidelinene |
| you | have sidelinene |
| he;she;it | has sidelinene |
| we | have sidelinene |
| you | have sidelinene |
| they | have sidelinene |
Past
| I | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| he;she;it | sideline |
| we | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| they | sideline |
Pluperfect
| I | had sidelinene |
| you | had sidelinene |
| he;she;it | had sidelinene |
| we | had sidelinene |
| you | had sidelinene |
| they | had sidelinene |
Future
| I | will sideline |
| you | will sideline |
| he;she;it | will sideline |
| we | will sideline |
| you | will sideline |
| they | will sideline |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sidelinene |
| you | will have sidelinene |
| he;she;it | will have sidelinene |
| we | will have sidelinene |
| you | will have sidelinene |
| they | will have sidelinene |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| he;she;it | sideline |
| we | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| they | sideline |
Perfect
| I | have sidelinene |
| you | have sidelinene |
| he;she;it | have sidelinene |
| we | have sidelinene |
| you | have sidelinene |
| they | have sidelinene |
Imperfect
| I | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| he;she;it | sideline |
| we | sideline |
| you | sideline |
| they | sideline |
Pluperfect
| I | had sidelinene |
| you | had sidelinene |
| he;she;it | had sidelinene |
| we | had sidelinene |
| you | had sidelinene |
| they | had sidelinene |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sideline |
| you | would sideline |
| he;she;it | would sideline |
| we | would sideline |
| you | would sideline |
| they | would sideline |
Perfect
| I | would have sidelinene |
| you | would have sidelinene |
| he;she;it | would have sidelinene |
| we | would have sidelinene |
| you | would have sidelinene |
| they | would have sidelinene |
Imperative
| you | sideline |
| we | Let's sideline |
| you | sideline |
Verbs similar to 'sideline'
side-line,
deline,
pipeline,
sidewind,
timeline,
baseline,
beeline,
blueline,
codefine,
dateline,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From side + line.
Sample Sentences
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The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.
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Gomez got his chance with Gary Cahill sidelined and took it superbly with an assured performance as part of a three-man defence Southgate now looks certain to use at the World Cup. [2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News:]
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The illness sidelined him for weeks.
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Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey. [2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:]
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During 1971-72, spare Type 4s on other regions enabled the whole class to be sidelined, with Class 43s going first. [2022 January 12, David Clough, “From Germany with love: a Warship retrospective”, in RAIL, number 948, page 49:]
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Prigozhin’s exclusion from Ukraine would sideline one of Russia’s most recognisable war figures. [2023 June 14, Pjotr Sauer, Andrew Roth, “Putin sides with military chiefs over placing Wagner under direct control”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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At National Review, he [William Buckley] got rid of the Birchites—a conspirational fringe claiming Eisenhower for a communist—tamed the libertarians, dropped (eventually) the magazine's white racism and sidelined its antisemites. [2025 June 14, Edmund Fawcett, “Writing the right”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:]