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take a back seatidiomtochoosenot to be in apositionofresponsibilityin anorganizationoractivity （在组织或活动中）退居次要地位SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesStop having or doing something - abdicate
- abdication
- bail out
- bandh
- break withsomething
- butt out
- forfeitable
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- ghost
- give up
- give up the ghostidiom
- lose
- relinquish
- relinquishment
- self-denying
- self-sacrifice
- self-sacrificing
- throw
See more results » - I've done good service in my time, and no one likes to see himself deprived of an honoured title, or forced to take a back seat.
- Or is it only my horrible egotism and vanity, that can't take a back seat quietly?
- We can't help him, except by taking a back seat and letting him speak for himself.
- We mustn't push ourselves forward too violently, or they'll call us cheeky, but on the other hand, if we're content to take a back seat, we may stay there for the rest of the term.
- What a length of time Vincent had been silent,—he who never took a back seat for anybody!
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