take a back seat

뜻

to let other people have control or attention

주도권이나 관심을 남에게 넘기다.

예문

1. 1After thirty years running the shop, Dad has decided to take a back seat and let my brother manage it.
2. 2Maria usually leads the team, but this time she took a back seat so the juniors could present.
3. 3Once the grandchildren arrived, Gran took a back seat and let the younger ones cook Christmas dinner.
4. 4I'm happy to take a back seat at the meeting and let you do the talking.
5. 5Why is Tom taking a back seat this year when he organised everything last time?

문법

변하는 것은 take뿐이다: takes, taking, took, taken. a와 단수 seat는 그대로 둔다.

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