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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But their white friend in the back seat took a different approach, calling the officer out for racial profiling, going on and on and on.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
The woman and her husband were standing outside the Acura and about to put a second child in the back seat when Mohamed jumped into the vehicle and peeled off, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024
This one, priced at $12.99, has all sorts of mesh pockets for snacks and supplies and even a clear tablet holder for your back seat passengers.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
People sleep in all kinds of adventure vehicles—old vans, new Sprinter vans, RVs, trucks with toppers, trucks with campers, station wagons, even in sedans in which the back seats fold down.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2024
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
The woman and her husband were standing outside the Acura and about to put a second child in the back seat when Mohamed jumped into the vehicle and peeled off, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024
This one, priced at $12.99, has all sorts of mesh pockets for snacks and supplies and even a clear tablet holder for your back seat passengers.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
People sleep in all kinds of adventure vehicles—old vans, new Sprinter vans, RVs, trucks with toppers, trucks with campers, station wagons, even in sedans in which the back seats fold down.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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