Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking a back seat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing a back- seat
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take a back seat

Questions

What does taking a back seat mean?
present participle and gerund of take a back seat

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