box seat
Americannoun
noun
-
a seat in a theatre box
-
in the best position
Etymology
Origin of box seat
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Their 5-0 demolition of Bulgaria at Windsor Park on Tuesday has the youthful side in the box seat in Group C3 with games against Belarus and Luxembourg to come next month.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
Maggi spent a few moments after the game visiting with family along the box seat railing.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Serena, watching the speech from a front-row box seat, covered her face with her hand.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2022
You could spend that amount on a box seat at Dodger Stadium — on the field level, for all 81 games.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022
The girl he met in the box seat was nice enough.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
