单词 | take a back seat |
释义 | take a back seatOccupy an inferior position; allow another to be in control. For example, Linda was content to take a back seat and let Nancy run the meeting. This idiom uses back seat in contrast to the driver's seat, that is, the one in control. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby take a back seatTakatsuki, Takayasu's disease, Takayasu's syndrome, take, take aback, take a back seat, take a bath, take a bow, take a break, take account of, take a chance The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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