sidelining

/S AY1 D L AY0 N IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.

    โ€œThe coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.โ€

  2. 2

    To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.

    โ€œThe illness sidelined him for weeks.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sideline, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sidelining