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Meaning of back seat

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

back seat

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.

  2. (especially in the expression take a back seat) A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others.