1. take a back seat - Verb
2. take a back seat - Phrase
(idiomatic) To adopt a position of noninvolvement.
The new chairman is happy to take a back seat when it comes to day-to-day operations.
(idiomatic) To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgMy job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work. Robert B. Laughlin
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety. Craig Brown
I say from my experience that, you know, I have to do my career, and, you know with us, our careers come first, and, you know, anybody we're with has to take a back seat to that and understand that these are our lives. Chris Kirkpatrick
I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional. Sonakshi Sinha
Im married to my job. Im obsessed with my work, and I run myself into the ground every single day. Unfortunately, a lot of other pursuits have to take a back seat. Robert Kazinsky
Asked about his plan to enter electoral politics — regarding which he announced in December — he said politics can take a back seat when a “black” law such as CAA, that threatens to damage the country, has come to the fore. Source: Internet