Wasn't in the game (3)
I believe the answer is:
sat
'wasn't in the game' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for sat that I've seen before include "Took a chair" , "part of the weekend" , "Pulled up a 29 down" , "Was couch potato" , "nearly half a day" .)