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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Brad Pitt is fully in the driver's seat for his latest film.
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Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
Juneteenth celebrations, graduation party, concert all marred by weekend gun violence
From Leslie-Pullen's point of view, the video shows Morgan in a white vehicle with multiple bullet holes in the driver's seat window.
—Dhanika Pineda, ABC News, 5 July 2024
Perhaps current economic and geopolitical trends will reverse themselves, and the existing strategy will leave Washington comfortably in the driver's seat, with others eager to live according to its rules.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
Officers found the man deceased in the driver's seat of a dark colored sedan about 100 feet from the road, obscured by shrubbery.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
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Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
Juneteenth celebrations, graduation party, concert all marred by weekend gun violence
From Leslie-Pullen's point of view, the video shows Morgan in a white vehicle with multiple bullet holes in the driver's seat window.
—Dhanika Pineda, ABC News, 5 July 2024
Perhaps current economic and geopolitical trends will reverse themselves, and the existing strategy will leave Washington comfortably in the driver's seat, with others eager to live according to its rules.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
Officers found the man deceased in the driver's seat of a dark colored sedan about 100 feet from the road, obscured by shrubbery.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
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