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take a back seat
idiom
to choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity（在组织或活动中）退居次要地位
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeit
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up the ghostidiom
lay
relinquishment
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
throw
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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