Today we will review three new Expressions. Lash out, Politically correct, and Take a back seat. Review the definitions below and then look at the 3 example sentences for each expression. After reviewing the information, try to make your own examples for each expression.
| EXPRESSION | MEANING |
| Lash out | (To burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack) |
| Politically correct | (Things or people that are politically correct use language that will not cause offense.) |
| Take a back seat | (If an activity takes a back seat, you spend less time doing that than other things) or (To have little or only observational involvement in something) |
LASH OUT
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | The woman lashed out at her opponent after she heard his rude comment. |
| 2 | Samantha was angry with Brandon and lashed out at him just to show him who was boss. |
| 3 | His anger caused him to lash out at his son. |
POLITICALLY CORRECT
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | He realized after the meeting that his response was not politically correct. |
| 2 | The president must always be politically correct when he speaks in public. |
| 3 | The comment the band made was not politically correct. |
TAKE A BACK SEAT
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | He has been busy working part-time jobs, so his studies have had to take a back seat. |
| 2 | These days politics takes a back seat to sports for many people. |
| 3 | She was content to take a back seat and let the rest of her family deal with the crisis. |
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Hi
Thanks a lot Tiffinai for teaching me these three interesting expressions!! I hear them often in the news shows but I couldn’t get their exact meanings.But, today I could both understand and use them.