(take a seat)
41seat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti; akin to Old English gesete seat, sittan to sit Date: 13th century 1. a. a special chair of one in eminence; also the status represented by it b. a chair, stool, or bench intended to be… …
42take a back seat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs./ * /She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive./… …
43take a back seat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs./ * /She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive./… …
44take\ a\ back\ seat — v. phr. informal To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs. She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive. Compare: play… …
45take a back seat — If you take a back seat you choose to have a less important function and become less involved in something. He decided it was time to take a back seat and let someone younger run the club …
46take up — verb 1. pursue or resume (Freq. 9) take up a matter for consideration • Hypernyms: ↑embark, ↑enter • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. adopt (Freq. 5) …
47seat — n. & v. n. 1 a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc. 2 the buttocks. 3 the part of the trousers etc. covering the buttocks. 4 the part of a chair etc. on which the sitter s weight directly rests. 5 a place for one person …
48seat — See: BACK SEAT DRIVER, FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE S PANTS, HOT SEAT, JUDGMENT SEAT, TAKE A BACK SEAT …
49seat — See: BACK SEAT DRIVER, FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE S PANTS, HOT SEAT, JUDGMENT SEAT, TAKE A BACK SEAT …
50seat — See: backseat driver, fly by the seat of one s pants, hot seat, judgment seat, take a back seat …
