behind the wheel

: in the place or situation that is being or has been departed from

: in, to, or toward the back

: later in time

: in or to a place or situation in back of or to the rear of

used as a function word to indicate something that screens an observer

: following in order

: buttocks

: a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle

: a contrivance or apparatus having as its principal part a wheel: such as

: a chiefly medieval instrument of torture designed for mutilating a victim (as by stretching or disjointing)

: to turn on or as if on an axis : revolve

: to change direction as if revolving on a pivot

: to move or extend in a circle or curve