āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
benched
01
āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
kept as a backup romantic or dating option while the other person pursues someone else
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He realized he was benched when she started dating someone new.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĄā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
benched
bench
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
