take the front seat

Verb

Meaning

take the front seat (third-person singular simple present takes the front seat, present participle taking the front seat, simple past took the front seat, past participle taken the front seat)

(idiomatic) to take priority
In survival, clean water takes the front seat.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

take the cake take a back seat in the driver's seat

Close letter words and terms

take the flak take the floor take the form of take the game to take the gap take the gilt off the gingerbread