back seat

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back seat

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From back + seat.

noun back seats · back-seat · backseat

Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. 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?
Similar: rearseat
especially, informal, in the expression take a back seat A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others. 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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noun seat

Español	asiento trasero
한국어	뒷좌석 dwitjwaseok, 뒷자리 dwitjari
日本語	後部座席 kōbu zaseki, バックシート bakkushīto
中文	後座 /后座 hòuzuò
Português	banco traseiro, banco de trás, garupa
Français	siège arrière
Deutsch	Rücksitz
Русский	за́днее сиде́ние zádneje sidénije
العربية	مَقْعَد خَلْفِيّ maqʕad ḵalfiyy

noun position

Español	segundón

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@misc{back_seat_2026,
  title = {back seat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/back%20seat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}