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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Zuniga suffered severe body trauma in the back seat and was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
The family got in the back seat and made it to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in less than 10 minutes, Howard said.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
Footage shows the pup curling up on White's lap in the back seat, showing his new owner nothing but love and affection.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson was born in Chicago in the back seat of an Oldsmobile before his mother could get to the hospital.
—Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
The family got in the back seat and made it to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in less than 10 minutes, Howard said.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
Footage shows the pup curling up on White's lap in the back seat, showing his new owner nothing but love and affection.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson was born in Chicago in the back seat of an Oldsmobile before his mother could get to the hospital.
—Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
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 20 Feb. 2025.
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