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take the front seat

take the front seat verb: to take priority.

Verb

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)

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

Forms of take the front seat

third-person singular presenttakes the front seat
present participletaking the front seat
pasttook the front seat
past participletaken the front seat

Questions about take the front seat

What does take the front seat mean?
Take the front seat means to take priority.
What part of speech is take the front seat?
Take the front seat is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the front seat?
The past tense of take the front seat is took the front seat.

Words near take the front seat in the dictionary

  1. take the fall
  2. take the field
  3. take the fifth
  4. take the flak
  5. take the floor
  6. take the front seat
  7. take the game to
  8. take the gap
  9. take the gilt off the gingerbread
  10. take the heat
  11. take the helm

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