 |
| |||
| recede into insignificance (Ремедиос_П); take a back seat; recede into the background; pale into insignificance (Anglophile); be relegated to the background (Anglophile); fall into the shade; take a back seat (Alexander Demidov) | |||
| be pushed into the background | |||
| melt away; go on the back burner | |||
| merge into the background (Anglophile) | |||
move to the back burner (Telecom Issues May Move to Back Burner in 2010, Experts Say
Jan. 25, 2010, 9:00 PM
Telecommunications issues will be consigned to the back burner in 2010 if the economy continues to limp along and the Obama administration and the Democratic leadership refocus their agenda on middle-class job creation in the wake of a dramatic loss in the Massachusetts Senate race, experts predict.  bloomberglaw.com ART Vancouver) | |||
| take a backseat | |||
| |||
| sink into the background (into the second place) | |||
| отойти на задний план: 2 phrases in 2 subjects |
| General | 1 |
| Makarov | 1 |