“Take a back seat”
정의
To become less important or less active.
예문
Examples
“Marketing took a back seat during the crisis.”
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
Marketing took a back seat during the crisis.Compare with the original example
Marketing took a back seat during the crisis.
Write a two-line conversation using “Take a back seat”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Take a back seat" mean?
- "Take a back seat" means to become less important or less active.
- How do you use "Take a back seat" in a sentence?
- Example: "Marketing took a back seat during the crisis."
- Should I interpret "Take a back seat" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.