driver's seat

noun

1. the seat from which a vehicle is operated.

2. a position of power, dominance, control, or superiority.

   After the election the Democrats were back in the driver's seat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of driver's seat¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Tackling involution at its root, many economists argue, would require a fundamental restructuring of the economic system that puts consumer spending in the driver’s seat, rather than leaning on investments and manufacturing.

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And no less unfortunately, we’re speeding down it quickly with a maniac in the driver’s seat, and it lacks the guardrails of a law-abiding Supreme Court and a constitutionally aware secretary of defense.

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Democrats have historically been in the driver’s seat when it comes to health care.

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Below, your bum is having the time of its life being groped by the every-way adjustable driver’s seat.

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Malhotra was ferrying his then-14-year-old daughter and her friends from Manhattan to Long Island, and listening from the driver’s seat to their myriad opinions on household brands.

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