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词组 take a back seat
释义 take a back seat

1. if an activity takes a back seat, you spend less time doing that than other things.

He's been putting all his energies into house-hunting recently so his studies have had to take a back seat.

In my early twenties, politics very much took a back seat to sport and socializing. (sometimes + to)

2. to let other people take a more active and responsible part in an organization or a situation.

I was content to take a back seat and let the rest of my family deal with the crisis.

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