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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The Grand Prairie Police Department, in a statement, said one of the suspects suffered minor injuries after being caught by a police dog and he was placed in the back seat of a police Tahoe with no partition.
—Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Stabel was in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra driven by a man who accelerated to make it through the intersection as the light turned from green to yellow, Miller said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
Hopper was later put in the back seat of a patrol car.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The father-and-daughter duo were snapped sitting next to each other in the back seat of a vehicle while smiling at the camera.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 June 2025
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Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Stabel was in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra driven by a man who accelerated to make it through the intersection as the light turned from green to yellow, Miller said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
Hopper was later put in the back seat of a patrol car.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The father-and-daughter duo were snapped sitting next to each other in the back seat of a vehicle while smiling at the camera.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 June 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 16 Jun. 2025.
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