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.

Examples of in the driver's seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before Renee was shot and killed, video showed Becca filming as ICE agents approached the Honda Pilot, with Renee in the driver's seat. —Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026

Good, a Minneapolis mother of three, was in the driver's seat of her Honda Pilot in the middle of a residential street when an ICE agent opened fire. —Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026

When the car stopped, the passenger stepped out of the back of the vehicle before shooting Tejada in the driver's seat and then leaving him in the road. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026

In January 2025, a 17-year-old was found dead in the driver's seat of a car in Columbia, police said. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for in the driver's seat

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