backseat

[bak-seet]

noun

1. a seat at the rear.

Word History and Origins

Origin of backseat¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. take a backseat, to occupy a secondary or inferior position.

   Her writing has taken a backseat because of other demands on her time.

Example Sentences

When the couple had their first child, the baby boy came home in the backseat.

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The lender does not care about the backseat drama, it only wants to be made whole.

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Penelope sat in the backseat and chewed her lip the whole way.

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The British singer-songwriter had first answered a Zoom call from the backseat of a dimly lit car in New York, where she confessed to running on “2% personality.”

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Now it appears car shoppers are taking a backseat.

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