rearview mirror

[reer-vyoo]

noun

1. a mirror mounted on the side, windshield, or instrument panel of an automobile or other vehicle to provide the driver with a view of the area behind the vehicle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rearview mirror¹

First recorded in 1925–30; rear ¹ + view

Example Sentences

That conflict has largely been in the rearview mirror for many Americans.

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Catch-up contributions are a great way for older workers to sock away extra money at a time when other financial obligations, like college tuition payments, might be in the rearview mirror.

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Mr. Choi’s eyes focus on me from within the rearview mirror.

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With “Yellowstone” in the rearview mirror, but never entirely out of sight, “Landman” may be the most quintessentially Taylor Sheridan show on TV right now.

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Now that the general account has been refilled to $1 trillion—the highest level since the pandemic era—and quantitative tightening is coming to end, that headwind is mostly in the rearview mirror.

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