in the driver's seat

phrase

: 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.

Examples of in the driver's seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the past two years, most of healthcare's AI conversation has centered on the co-pilot—a smart assistant that drafts a note, summarizes a chart or answers a question while a human stays firmly in the driver's seat. — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Police believed the killer had broken Fandrich's neck and killed him inside the minivan, before staging his body back in the driver's seat of his own vehicle. — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Now, White will try to lead the Fever through that controversy all the way to the playoffs, as the Fever are one of the hottest teams in the league and are in the driver's seat to clinch the top seed in the East. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Oil prices are back in the driver's seat Oil spiked for a third week in a row on Iran war uncertainty. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Rhymes for in the driver's seat

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete