captain's chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of captain's chair
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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The moment prime ministers take their seat in the captain’s chair, time is running out.
From BBC
We hear about who served under whom, granting legitimacy to the likes of, say, Christopher Pike to claim the captain's chair long before Anson Mount made us ecstatic to see that happen.
From Salon
From the captain’s chair, Axelsson can see more than a dozen computer screens, about half of which help the crew find and catch fish.
From Seattle Times
Nyota Uhura in the original show and in six movies; the captain’s chair from the bridge of a “Star Trek” set; a Darth Vader helmet from “The Empire Strikes Back”; the Wicked Witch of the West’s hat from the 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” film; and a full alien creature suit from the 1979 film “Alien.”
From Seattle Times
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has acknowledged that the carrier's pilots are shunning promotion to the captain's chair, hurting its flight capacity in the fourth quarter, confirming what Reuters reported earlier this week.
From Reuters
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