touchlinetouch‧line /ˈtʌtʃlaɪn/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Aldridge was fined £2,500 and received a 14-day touchline ban which comes into effect from 3 December.
- But Joe Lydon's touchline kick sailed well wide.
- Manager Graeme Souness's touchline ban meant he could only watch in anguish from the directors' box.
- Sanchez's touchline histrionics evoked memories of some of Martin O'Neill's maddest moments on the same turf.
- She had gone to stand at the cemetery end after spotting Uncle Vernon on the touchline in front of the club-house.
- So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
- The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch.
- We who stand on the touchline are glad that you are happy.
WORD SETS► Other Sports
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► ban
one of the two lines that mark the longer sides of a sports playing area, especially in football· Aldridge was fined £2,500 and received a 14-day touchline ban which comes into effect from 3 December.· Manager Graeme Souness's touchline ban meant he could only watch in anguish from the directors' box.