Examples of 'took a back seat' in a sentence
Meaning of "took a back seat"
took a back seat: To take a less prominent or active role in a particular situation. This phrase is often used to describe someone stepping back or reducing involvement
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- simple past tense of take a back seat
How to use "took a back seat" in a sentence
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took a back seat
Williams took a back seat last night.
For a while photography took a back seat.
It took a back seat to living large.
The mortgage took a back seat.
I took a back seat and let you shine.
My dad always took a back seat.
Took a back seat to the n.
The wedding took a back seat.
The sense of responsibility was so high that health took a back seat.
Lectures took a back seat to projects and activities.
The government took a back seat.
Faulkner took a back seat to no one when it came to community service.
My personal issues took a back seat.
Now work took a back seat and I actually got to enjoy things.
Fighting globalization took a back seat.
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Accordingly I took a back seat when it came to visits.
So my personal story took a back seat.
They took a back seat to self-fulfillment and materialism.
Even the important issue of standards took a back seat.
Everything else took a back seat to surviving life.
Women took centre stage while the men took a back seat.
Collaboration took a back seat and ideation turned into a one-way street.
It is also the period when focus on other medical diseases took a back seat.
But this gesture of humanity quickly took a back seat to business imperatives.
With carriers doing anything to save a dime maintenance, safety, took a back seat.
The function of the dog then took a back seat to appearance.
Issues concerning the economic, financial and social crisis therefore took a back seat.
The handwritten notation method took a back seat during this phase of work.
All the psychological work I was doing to that point took a back seat.
The preservation of the old structure took a back seat in favour of a simple functional design.
In such tumultuous times, environmental protection took a back seat.
Art took a back seat for a while!
The notion of serving the Mexican public often took a back seat to personal loyalties.
Illusion took a back seat to reality . ".
So this year, celebrating my birthday took a back seat.
I took a back seat and never revisited the thought of buttercream again. [… ].
He became introspective, his friendships and marriage took a back seat.
After them the Progressive movement, mainly, took a back seat until the current administration.
My mom found out she 's gonna be a grandma, so the wedding somehow took a back seat.
Unfortunately, quality and reliability took a back seat in the mad rush for gold.
With the patriarchy long dominating society, the divine feminine took a back seat.
In college, however, theatre took a back seat to music and sports.
Form, technical mastery and aesthetic values often took a back seat.
Very true, he did took a back seat.
To make progress with that . So, as you say, it really took a back seat.
It is time that the " old guard " took a back seat and remained in it.
Throughout the 20 th century, Arab self-determination, democracy, and economic reform took a back seat to oil.
The non-stop work on fundamentals even took a back seat for one day.
When the Common Core standards were released in 2010, handwriting took a back seat to typing.
Like many other sectors, funding for culture took a back seat during the crisis.
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