Take a back seat
noun
1.
a seat at the rear.
Idioms
2.
take a backseat, to occupy a secondary or inferior position:
Her writing has taken a backseat because of other demands on her time.
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take a back seat
Occupy an inferior position; allow another to be in control. For example, Linda was content to take a back seat and let Nancy run the meeting. This idiom uses back seat in contrast to the driver’s seat, that is, the one in control. [ Mid-1800s ]
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Risk something, gamble, as in I’ll take a chance that he’ll be on the next plane. [ c. 1900 ]
- Take a crack at
see: have a crack at