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in the driver's seat

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Definitions of in the driver's seat words

  • phrase in the driver's seat If you say that someone is in the driver's seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation. 0
  • noun in the driver's seat in a position of control 0

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Parts of speech for In the driver's seat

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in the driver's seat popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for in the driver's seat

verb in the driver's seat

  • bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
  • menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
  • bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
  • hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
  • intimidate — to make timid; fill with fear.

Antonyms for in the driver's seat

verb in the driver's seat

  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • serve — to act as a servant.

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