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backseat

back·seat

US/bæˈksit/ fairly common

noun

1.

a secondary or inferior position or status

  • “tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding”
2.

a seat at the rear (especially the backseat of an automobile)

Origin

From back + seat.

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