variants
or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seat …—
Al Gore
see also take a back seat
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Toward the end of the video, Hopper is seen being escorted and placed in the back seat of a patrol car.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Zuberi kidnapped the woman while posing as an undercover officer, threatening her with a stun gun, handcuffing her and putting her in the back seat of her car, according to the FBI.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Snapchat photos Libby took that day showed Abby sitting in the back seat of Siebert's car on the way to the trailhead.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024
To take it all in, Wilson walked around the cart and filmed the exterior, as her wife sat in the passenger seat and friends in the back seats.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Zuberi kidnapped the woman while posing as an undercover officer, threatening her with a stun gun, handcuffing her and putting her in the back seat of her car, according to the FBI.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Snapchat photos Libby took that day showed Abby sitting in the back seat of Siebert's car on the way to the trailhead.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024
To take it all in, Wilson walked around the cart and filmed the exterior, as her wife sat in the passenger seat and friends in the back seats.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for back seat
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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