ride the pine
To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.
Jones rode the pine much of the season.
ADJ.
above, big, covered, delicious, dry, nuts, pinkish, resinous
The big pine trees in our backyard provided plenty of shade during the hot summer.
VERB + PINE
garden, planted, smell
The garden was planted with tall pine trees that provided plenty of shade.
PINE + NOUN
ash, echo's, elm, example, forest, front, furniture, mother
The old pine forest stretched for miles across the mountainside.
PREP.
in, in, through, with
She pined for her home country while studying abroad for three years.
ADV.
mainly, silently
She silently pined for the life she had left behind in her hometown.