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take seat
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take a back seat — To withdraw into an inconspicuous or subordinate position • • • Main Entry: ↑back take a back seat To adopt a passive or subordinate role • • • Main Entry: ↑seat * * * take or be given a less important position or role printed words will take a… … Useful english dictionary
Seat belt legislation — is a law or laws put in place to enforce or require, the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles, or the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants. Most western countries have some seat belt legislation.Fact|date=March 2008.The legal… … Wikipedia
take a seat — To sit down • • • Main Entry: ↑seat * * * take a seat phrase to sit down Hi, come on in, take a seat. I took a seat at the bar. Thesaurus: to sit or lie downhyponym to stand or sit up … Useful english dictionary
take a back seat — ► to become less important (than something else): »Agriculture, which generates only about $50 million a year in revenue, takes a back seat to other industries like oil and gas that bring in billions of dollars. »Environmental issues take a back… … Financial and business terms
take one's seat — To take up one s allocated place, esp in Parliament • • • Main Entry: ↑seat * * * sit down, typically in a seat assigned to one … Useful english dictionary
take a back seat — If you take a back seat to something or someone, you are surbordinate … The small dictionary of idiomes
seat — [sēt] n. [ME sete < ON sæti: for IE base see SIT] 1. the manner of sitting, as on horseback 2. a) a place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket [to buy two seats to the opera] b) a thing to sit on; chair … English World dictionary
seat — [n1] furniture for sitting, reclining bench, chair, chaise lounge, chesterfield, couch, davenport, lounge, loveseat, pew, recliner, settee, settle, stall, stool, wing chair; concept 443 seat [n2] central location of organization abode, axis,… … New thesaurus
take a chair — take a seat, have a seat, sit down (on a chair) … English contemporary dictionary
take a seat — take a chair, have a seat, sit down; please sit down … English contemporary dictionary
seat — seat1 W1S2 [si:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place to sit)¦ 2¦(official position)¦ 3¦(part of a chair)¦ 4 baby/child/car seat 5 seat of government/power 6 seat of learning 7¦(clothes)¦ 8 take a back seat (to somebody/something) 9 on the edge of your seat … Dictionary of contemporary English
