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driver's seat

noun

  1. the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
  2. a position of power, dominance, control, or superiority:

    After the election the Democrats were back in the driver's seat.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of driver's seat1

First recorded in 1920–25
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We put ourselves in the driver’s seat.

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The election of Donald Trump seemed to put the company’s leader, Elon Musk, in the driver’s seat of efforts to push U.S. government policy in directions that would put more profits in Tesla’s pockets.

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"The police came and when they found me I was in between the two seats. I wasn't actually in the driver's seat," he recalls.

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Earlier this week, Trump hosted an event at the White House where he said people protesting against Tesla should be labelled domestic terrorists, while sitting in the driver's seat of a brand new red Tesla that he said he planned to buy.

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Someone in the driver’s seat handed him a bag, according to the report.

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