Antonyms for sideline

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sahyd-lahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn

Definition of sideline

Origin : also side-line, "line on the side of a fish," 1768; "lines marking the limits of playing area" (on a football field, etc.), 1862, from side (adj.) + line (q.v.). Meaning "course of business aside from one's regular occupation" is from 1890. Railway sense is from 1890. The figurative sense of "position removed from active participation" is attested from 1934 (from the railway sense or from sports, because players who are not in the game stand along the sidelines). The verb meaning "put out of play" is from 1945. Related: Sidelined; sidelining.

noun secondary occupation

Example sentences :

It seemed that the sideline of mountain-tops had a little light on them.
Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

Even then he had enough surplus energy to run a sideline in literature.
Extract from : « A Circuit Rider's Wife » by Corra Harris

The midnight hours he spent in the pineal gland were only a sideline of his work.
Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade

An elementary school teacher who taught music as a sideline, Gladys Thompson, organized an orchestra about 1928.
Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

The business flourished and some one advised my friend that he should put in popcorn as a sideline.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) » by Elbert Hubbard

The average subject is handled standing and can be restrained with a twitch, sideline and hood.
Extract from : « Lameness of the Horse » by John Victor Lacroix

With a sideline of fruit trees, I can get an order of some kind out of every family in the northern part of the state.
Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart

Synonyms for sideline

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