a back seat
1back seat — n 1.) a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits 2.) back seat driver informal a) a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive b) someone in business or politics who tries to control… …
2back seat — noun count a seat behind the driver of a car take a back seat 1. ) to become less important: take a back seat to: Other issues must take a back seat to this crisis. 2. ) to deliberately become less active, and give up trying to control things: I… …
3back seat — also back seat, 1832, originally of coaches, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + SEAT (Cf. seat) (n.). Back seat driver first attested 1926 …
4back seat — UK US noun [countable] [singular back seat plural back seats] a seat behind the driver of a car Thesaurus: internal parts of cars and other road vehiclesmeronym makes of car …
5back-seat driver — back seat drivers also backseat driver 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a passenger in a car as a back seat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone, especially a… …
6back-seat driver — noun 1. Someone free of responsibility but full of advice 2. Someone controlling from a position from which he or she ought not to control • • • Main Entry: ↑back …
7back seat — a secondary or inconspicuous position: also written backseat n. * * * …
8back-seat driver — ☆ back seat driver [bak′sēt΄ ] n. a passenger in an automobile who offers unwanted advice about driving * * * …
9back seat driver — noun count 1. ) someone who keeps giving advice about things that they are not responsible for 2. ) someone in a car who keeps telling the driver what to do and how to drive …
10back-seat driver — ► NOUN informal ▪ a passenger in a car who gives the driver unwanted advice …
