rear-view mirror

British  

noun

1. a mirror on a motor vehicle enabling the driver to see traffic coming behind him or her

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Example Sentences

With the drama in the rear-view mirror, here's how the dust is settling.

From Barron's

Dressed in white and with a rosary hanging from her car's rear-view mirror, she drove through the city but became trapped in traffic.

From Barron's

“Driving away from Jack Cafe we passed another, smaller monument to James Dean, across from the site of the crash that took his life. I watched in the rear-view mirror as it disappeared behind us, lost in the distance and lost in time, but forever new in the grieving hearts of those who remember.”

From Los Angeles Times

Kristy Lees, who watched the battle unfold in her rear-view mirror, told the BBC: "It's not everyday a big, male kangaroo decides to take you on... Even in Australia, you do not expect to see it."

From BBC

“That said, the strikes really challenged the box-office volume for a while, but that’s now in the rear-view mirror.”

From Los Angeles Times