back seat

See: TAKE A BACK SEAT.

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take a back seat

[take a back seat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the war all manufacturing had to take […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

back

[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

seat

[seat] See: [BACK SEAT DRIVER], [FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS], [HOT SEAT], [JUDGMENT SEAT], [TAKE A BACK SEAT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[seat belt] {n.} A strong strap used to protect a person in a moving car or other vehicle by holding him in his seat. * /When the plane began to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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