backseat
noun/ˈbæksiːt/
Frequency rank: #10,688 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a secondary or less important position; the rear seat of a vehicle.
Example sentence
She let her fears take the backseat and stopped worrying about things she could not control.
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