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in the driver's seat
Idioms and Phrases
Also, in the saddle . In control, in a position of authority. For example, With the boss on vacation, Mr. Burns was in the driver's seat and enjoying it , or She waited until after the election, knowing that she'd be in the saddle then . The first expression dates from the 1800s, the second from the early 1600s. Also see at the helm .Example Sentences
He said: "Reform has won the trust of the next generation. We are the future, we want our country back on track, rescuing it from the unpatriotic minority and put the patriotic majority back in the driver's seat."
Headlines tell us Trump is in the driver’s seat for the election.
He was shot in the forehead at 22:07 BST as he sat in the driver's seat of the vehicle.
Tesla’s self-driving feature cannot be used without someone in the driver’s seat and has been linked to several accidents, including fatal crashes.
The 24-year-old was in the driver's seat of an Audi car when he was shot in the head in Streatham, south London, in September 2022.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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