English Dictionary

take a back seat

verb

(idiomatic) To adopt a position of noninvolvement. / (idiomatic) To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.

I decided to take a back seat and let someone else lead the project.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To adopt a position of noninvolvement.

The new chairman is happy to take a back seat when it comes to day-to-day operations.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.

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.