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Idiom

take the front seat

Meaning

to take priority

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Climate change must take the front seat in our discussions.”

“The manager decided that finishing the project on time should take the front seat over other minor tasks.”

“In the new government policy, economic growth will take the front seat, while environmental regulations are moved to the background.”

Examples

simple

“Climate change must take the front seat in our discussions.”

contextual

“The manager decided that finishing the project on time should take the front seat over other minor tasks.”

complex

“In the new government policy, economic growth will take the front seat, while environmental regulations are moved to the background.”

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