backseat

[ bak-seet ]

/ ˈbækˈsit /

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noun

a seat at the rear.

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Idioms for backseat

take a backseat, to occupy a secondary or inferior position: Her writing has taken a backseat because of other demands on her time.

Origin of backseat

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby backseat

back, sack, and crack, backsaw, backscatter, back score, back scratcher, backseat, backseat driver, backset, back shaft, backsheesh, back shift

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Example sentences from the Web for backseat

Not too big and not too small, the 27-quart chest fits easily onto the backseat of my car.
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Jones said those cuts, which saved the city $5,000 this fiscal year, shows that the needs of ordinary citizens take a backseat at City Hall.
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In La Jolla, San Diego’s mayoral race seems to have taken a backseat to the all-consuming presidential election, even in Barbara Bry’s backyard.
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Suddenly the cherry moves to the backseat of your conscious awareness, while the vanilla aroma pops into focus—even though you had not noticed it before.
Our Mind-Boggling Sense of Smell - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain|Ann-Sophie Barwich|October 14, 2020|Nautilus

Add a kid or two in the backseat, and your car literally can become a rolling dumpster before you even realize it’s happening.
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If I do, I sit in the backseat and stay alert for whatever the driver does.
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My mother was sitting in the backseat but that did not stop the driver from trying to touch me.
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If it gave people some kind of joy afterwards, great, but everything took a backseat.
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And it involves the U.S. taking a backseat to Iran and Syria.
Rand Paul Wants to Team Up With Assad and Iran to Stop ISIS|Olivia Nuzzi|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
David Garcia is attempting to make a phone call in the backseat.
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The baggage—two trunks, a showman's keyster, two suitcases, a big duffle bag and handbags—was loaded on trailer and backseat.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
He sat in the backseat of the car, and his hair dragged behind him.
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British Dictionary definitions for backseat

back seat

noun

a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle

informal a subordinate or inconspicuous position (esp in the phrase take a back seat)

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