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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Musical instruments Musical instruments can be pricey to replace, so leaving you child's wooden clarinet in the back seat during a snowstorm is a bad idea.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
Strap in for change Julie Dawson remembers bouncing around the back seat of a car at age 5.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Police said a second suspect, identified as 40-year-old Ondraya Wroten was driving, while Thomas was in the back seat.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Dawkins got out of her car and ran to the road ranger, telling him that she had been shot and that her child was in the back seat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
Strap in for change Julie Dawson remembers bouncing around the back seat of a car at age 5.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Police said a second suspect, identified as 40-year-old Ondraya Wroten was driving, while Thomas was in the back seat.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Dawkins got out of her car and ran to the road ranger, telling him that she had been shot and that her child was in the back seat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 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 6 Dec. 2025.
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