TAKE A BACK SEAT

Meaning of TAKE A BACK SEAT in English

say you are not as good, play second fiddle

You are good at chess. Don't take a back seat to anyone!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TAKE A BACK SEAT — phrasal to have or assume a secondary position or status
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE A BACK SEAT — abstain from being in a chief position, permit oneself to be a secondary factor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE A BACK SEAT — : to have or assume a secondary position or status
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — to have or assume a secondary position or status
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — to allow sb else to play a more active and important role in a particular situation than you do
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — see seat
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — see seat
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TAKE A BACK SEAT — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the …
Slang English vocab
TAKE A BACK SEAT — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the …
Словарь английских идиом
TAKE A BACK SEAT — accept a poorer or lower position, be second to something or someone I had to take a back seat to …
English Idioms vocab
TAKE A BACK SEAT — v. phr. , informal To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. During the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — ид. стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE A BACK SEAT — стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKE A BACK SEAT — идиом.стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TAKE A BACK SEAT — занять скромное положение, отойти на задний план, стушеваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE A BACK SEAT — занять скромное положение, отойти на задний план, стушеваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE A BACK SEAT — идиом. стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TAKE A BACK SEAT — идиом. стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TAKE A BACK SEAT — стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TAKE A BACK SEAT — стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TAKE A BACK SEAT — (v.phr.) отойти на задний план
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
TAKE A BACK SEAT — 1. не вмешиваться; держаться нейтралитета; дело - сторона; 2. отойти на задний план; 3. занимать скромное положение
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
TAKE A BACK SEAT — не вмешиваться; держаться нейтралитета; "дело - сторона"; отойти на задний план; занимать скромное положение
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TAKE A BACK SEAT — (v.phr.) отойти на задний план
English Russian slang dictionary
TAKE A BACK SEAT — ид. стушеваться, отойти на задний план
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEAT — I. ˈsēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti, from the stem of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEAT — — seater , n. — seatless , adj. /seet/ , n. 1. something designed to support a person in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEAT — I. ˈsēt noun Etymology: Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti; akin to Old English gesete seat, sittan to sit …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
SEAT — noun posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. 2. seat ·vt to fix; to set firm. 3. seat ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
BACK
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEAT — [seat] n [ME sete, fr. ON saeti; akin to OE gesete seat, sittan to sit] (13c) 1 a: a special …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEAT — / siːt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PLACE TO SIT 1. a place where you can sit, for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEAT — I. seat 1 S2 W1 /siːt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ seat , ↑ seating ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc. 2 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEAT — n. & v. n. 1 a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc. 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SEAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
BACK
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEAT — ( seats, seating, seated) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A seat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEAT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chair leg/arm/back/seat ▪ The chair leg has broken. a seat in parliament (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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