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Definition of back seat in English: back seatnoun A seat at the back of a vehicle. Example sentencesExamples - About the only discordant design element - and I was too polite to mention it to Gert at the time so have no explanation - are the two aluminium roll-over hoops on the back seats.
- Carrying more than two kids thus requires a vehicle with at least two back seats, or a willingness to endure squealing fights from the rear.
- The back seats fold down but not completely flat and they leave behind a big ridge.
- He turned up ten minutes later with a smashed up car and his front bumper in the back seat.
- When it comes to folding the back seats this can be done one-handed, and the seat belts are specially positioned to avoid getting tangled during the operation.
- Once there he activated the car's central locking system and climbed into the back seat.
- For example, some drivers would love to see what's going on in their back seats.
- Among the changes, the back seats are smaller, creating a tight fit for some rear seat passengers.
- Even though you could slide the back seats forward, the boot seemed small.
- But it would work, just about, as a family car for four with ample luggage or shopping space when the roof is up, although room in the back seats is tight.
- Why's he driving around in a chauffeur-driven limo, with a secretary in the back seat?
- I should go back to seats, specifically the back seats that I haven't mentioned.
- It would be a versatile vehicle to own especially with the movable back seats.
- Those back seats swivel round too, allowing you to open the boot and create instant, sheltered, picnic seating.
- They've also grown inside, with most all pickups sporting back seats with either small access doors or full-size rear doors.
- Taking pity on a fellow Celt, I pull up, and he gratefully fumbles his way into the back seat.
- I looked over and saw that Thomas was now hooking up the car seat into the back seat of my car.
- I reclined in the back seat and munched on a few tortilla chips while wondering what the day would have in store for us.
- And I can't complain about the roof, which keeps out a surprisingly large amount of wind noise and slides electronically into a cavity behind the back seats.
- Why pay company car tax on a normal estate car if the back seats are folded flat all the time to facilitate load handling?
Phrases Take or be given a less important position or role. in future he would take a back seat in politics Example sentencesExamples - But she piled on the pounds after the birth of her son, George, nine months ago and singing took a back seat as her confidence dwindled.
- Yet the majority of the book emphasizes dinosaur osteology, systematics, and the fossil record; paleobiology takes a back seat to this important foundation.
- Then I got married and had a family, so motor racing took a back seat.
- The second day, the altruism took a back seat to the sales pitch.
- The divorce from my husband took a back seat as all this was going on, now I intend to carry on with it.
- The role of the citizen is taking a back seat to decisions being made about our communities and the environment.
- In those days, fashion took a back seat for a whole nine months, and ‘hiding the bump’ was the main objective.
- Was love more important than wealth or did romance take a back seat to social climbing?
- If I'm in a serious situation or I'm planning something important, then my personality takes a back seat for the good of the team.
- After being thrust into the working world, the importance of research often takes a back seat to the more immediate demands of clinical practice.
Definition of back seat in US English: back seat(also backseat) nounˈˌbak ˈsētˈˌbæk ˈsit A seat at the back of a vehicle. Example sentencesExamples - Even though you could slide the back seats forward, the boot seemed small.
- The back seats fold down but not completely flat and they leave behind a big ridge.
- Those back seats swivel round too, allowing you to open the boot and create instant, sheltered, picnic seating.
- Among the changes, the back seats are smaller, creating a tight fit for some rear seat passengers.
- Once there he activated the car's central locking system and climbed into the back seat.
- It would be a versatile vehicle to own especially with the movable back seats.
- For example, some drivers would love to see what's going on in their back seats.
- He turned up ten minutes later with a smashed up car and his front bumper in the back seat.
- About the only discordant design element - and I was too polite to mention it to Gert at the time so have no explanation - are the two aluminium roll-over hoops on the back seats.
- But it would work, just about, as a family car for four with ample luggage or shopping space when the roof is up, although room in the back seats is tight.
- I should go back to seats, specifically the back seats that I haven't mentioned.
- Why pay company car tax on a normal estate car if the back seats are folded flat all the time to facilitate load handling?
- I looked over and saw that Thomas was now hooking up the car seat into the back seat of my car.
- And I can't complain about the roof, which keeps out a surprisingly large amount of wind noise and slides electronically into a cavity behind the back seats.
- Taking pity on a fellow Celt, I pull up, and he gratefully fumbles his way into the back seat.
- I reclined in the back seat and munched on a few tortilla chips while wondering what the day would have in store for us.
- Why's he driving around in a chauffeur-driven limo, with a secretary in the back seat?
- Carrying more than two kids thus requires a vehicle with at least two back seats, or a willingness to endure squealing fights from the rear.
- They've also grown inside, with most all pickups sporting back seats with either small access doors or full-size rear doors.
- When it comes to folding the back seats this can be done one-handed, and the seat belts are specially positioned to avoid getting tangled during the operation.
Phrases Take or be given a less important position or role. printed words will take a back seat to TV and video screens Example sentencesExamples - The divorce from my husband took a back seat as all this was going on, now I intend to carry on with it.
- In those days, fashion took a back seat for a whole nine months, and ‘hiding the bump’ was the main objective.
- After being thrust into the working world, the importance of research often takes a back seat to the more immediate demands of clinical practice.
- But she piled on the pounds after the birth of her son, George, nine months ago and singing took a back seat as her confidence dwindled.
- If I'm in a serious situation or I'm planning something important, then my personality takes a back seat for the good of the team.
- The role of the citizen is taking a back seat to decisions being made about our communities and the environment.
- Was love more important than wealth or did romance take a back seat to social climbing?
- Yet the majority of the book emphasizes dinosaur osteology, systematics, and the fossil record; paleobiology takes a back seat to this important foundation.
- Then I got married and had a family, so motor racing took a back seat.
- The second day, the altruism took a back seat to the sales pitch.
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