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driver's seat

noun

the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
a position of power, dominance, control, or superiority.
After the election the Democrats were back in the driver's seat.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of driver's seat¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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In the driver's seat is Robert, a guard employed by Blueline Security.

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The obscene part is that this is not a woman talking to her children as they beat their little feet against the driver’s seat demanding ice cream at the end of a long day.

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"North Korea is in the driver's seat now. The only curveball is how much risk President Trump will take", said Sydney Seiler, who was involved in the 2019 negotiations on the US side.

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“It won’t be long before Democrats are once again in the driver’s seat, in the majority once again. And when that happens, all bets would be off.”

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But don’t think for a moment that it’s Cimino in the driver’s seat in those head-spinning racing sequences that punctuate every episode.

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driver's license drive screw

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