back seat

Definitions

1. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.
2. A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others.
   especially, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday Gotta catch⟳ my bus, I see⟳ my friends Kickin' in the front seat Sittin' in the back seat Gotta make⟳ my mind⟳ up Which seat can I take⟳?”

“The bluntness of King Vajiralongkorn's intervention—and the determination it reveals to resist⟳ relatively small checks on royal power—is both a snub to the junta and a worry⟳ for democrats, some of whom had dared hope⟳ that the new king might be happy to take⟳ a back seat in public life.”

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