skate one's lane | Idiomator

Meaning: (ice hockey)Toplayin one'sassignedpositionrather thanstrayingto thelocationof thecurrentaction.1971, Mark Mulvoy,Ice Hockey,→ISBN, page48:Wings shouldskate their lanesand not go roaming about the ice.1976, Kevin Walsh,Hockey for beginners,→ISBN, page60:When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should beskating his lane.1990, John Smolens,Winter by Degrees,→ISBN, page25:Their coach, Ray Preston, was a screamer; he yelled at them to cover their man orskate their lanes.; (by extension,idiomatic)Tomind one's own business;focuson one's owngoalsandtasksand not worry about what others are doing.2011September 2, Michael Hurley, “Deaths of Wade Belak, NHL Enforcers Leave NHL, NHLPA Left With Problem That's Impossible to Fix”, inNESN:Well, yes, but they're also human beings, fathers, sons, brothers, cousins, uncles and friends. Role players have toskate their lanesoff the ice, too.2012April 25, Stephen Sawicki, “Face Time”, inI Love FC (the best of fairfield county living):Failing to do so could spell disaster. After all, if skin care for tweens is truly a good business idea, it wouldn’t take long for one or two of the big players that have been watching from the sidelines to tap those customers that Christy is slow to reach, and eventually push her out of the picture. She knows all this, of course, and for now isskating her lane.2016May 7, Charles P. Pierce, “Happy Friday. 'Dangerous Donald' Is Childish and Stupid”, inEsquire:Pareene is right. "Dangerous Donald" is stupid and childish. You are not going to out-stupid and/or out-childish He, Trump. Nobody can do that, not even incredibly stupid children.Skate your lane, Clinton people. Yeesh.

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