backseat

backseat
noun Date: 1780 1. a seat in the back (as of an automobile) 2. an inferior position <
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  • Backseat — or back seat may refer to:* a car seat located at the rear of a vehicle * Backseat (film), a 2005 film* Back Seat , track 10 of 14 Shots to the Dome * Back Seat (Of My Jeep) , a 1993 single release of a song from 14 Shots to the Dome * The Back… …   Wikipedia

  • backseat — noun 1. a secondary or inferior position or status tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding • Hypernyms: ↑inferiority, ↑lower status, ↑lower rank 2. a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an… …   Useful english dictionary

  • backseat — n. to take a backseat to smb. (she will not take a backseat to anyone) * * * to take a backseat to smb. (she will not take a backseat to anyone) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • backseat — /bak seet /, n. 1. a seat at the rear. 2. take a backseat, to occupy a secondary or inferior position: Her writing has taken a backseat because of other demands on her time. [1825 35] * * * …   Universalium

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  • backseat driver — {n.}, {informal} A bossy person in a car who always tells the driver what to do. * /The man who drove the car became angry with the back seat driver./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • backseat driver — {n.}, {informal} A bossy person in a car who always tells the driver what to do. * /The man who drove the car became angry with the back seat driver./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • backseat driver — backseat driving. 1. an automobile passenger who offers the driver unsolicited advice, warnings, criticism, etc., esp. from the backseat. 2. any person who, by means of criticism, unsolicited advice, or the like, interferes in affairs that are… …   Universalium

  • backseat driver — A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Backseat Baby — Infobox Single Name = Backseat Baby Artist = Miz from Album = Mizrock Released = 30 November, 2005 Format = CD single Genre = J Pop, J Rock Label = Victor Entertainment Producer = Tord Backstrom Last single = In the Sky (2005) This single =… …   Wikipedia

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