Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a back seat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
took a back- seat
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a back seat mean?
simple past of take a back seat

How to pronounce took a back seat

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