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back seat

/ˌbæk ˈsiːt/noun

उच्चारण बैक सीट

पिछली सीट

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a seat at the back of a vehicle

    पिछली सीट

    • The children were asleep on the back seat of the car.
    • Always wear a seat belt, even in the back seat.
    • She sat in the back seat and watched the road.
    + 2 more examples
    • The luggage was put on the back seat of the taxi.
    • Children under ten must travel in the back seat.

    Opposite front seat

Idioms 2

take a back seat

to allow somebody else to play a more active or important part in a situation than you do

पीछे हट जाना, कम महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका ले लेना

  • After forty years in politics, he decided to take a back seat.
  • Your health should never take a back seat to work.

back-seat driving

the act of giving unwanted advice to the person doing a job, especially the driver of a car

बिना माँगी सलाह देना, दूसरे के काम में दख़ल देना

  • Stop the back-seat driving and let me park the car.
  • The new manager complained about the owner's constant back-seat driving.
◇Word family
back-seat driver noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

front seat

§Grammar and usage

A back-seat driver is a passenger who keeps giving unwanted advice to the driver, or anyone who tries to control what is not their job.

Idiom back-seat driver वह यात्री है जो चालक को बार-बार बिना माँगी सलाह देता रहता है, या कोई भी व्यक्ति जो उस काम को नियंत्रित करना चाहता है जो उसका नहीं है।