in the driver's seat
idiom
: in a position in which one is able to control what happens
When his boss went on vacation, he suddenly found himself in the driver's seat.
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These are the skills that will keep us in the driver's seat, and safeguard an even more innovative and promising future.
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Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
While Tesla and Zoox are planning but have yet to launch fully driverless taxi services, Waymo vehicles are already transporting paying customers in giant swaths of select cities with no one in the driver's seat.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Anthony Graziano was found dead in the driver's seat.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
This year on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, the kids are in the driver's seat — literally.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
While Tesla and Zoox are planning but have yet to launch fully driverless taxi services, Waymo vehicles are already transporting paying customers in giant swaths of select cities with no one in the driver's seat.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Anthony Graziano was found dead in the driver's seat.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
This year on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, the kids are in the driver's seat — literally.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the driver's seat
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“In the driver's seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20driver%27s%20seat. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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