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backseat driver

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a backseat driver
1. a passenger in a car who continuously tells the driver how they should drive. Mike's a real backseat driver and I find it so irritating.
2. someone who expects to control things although it is not their responsibility to do this. Tell her you're in charge now. It's time she stopped being a backseat driver.
See also: driver

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However, when some of these backseat drivers get behind the wheel, it's not with the intention of supporting us on this journey.
Which makes sense, except Tommy admits he's the one who's most neurotic about playing the role of backseat driver.
The local government refrains from being a backseat driver in management and from monopolizing the economic rewards, simply because it does not feel competent to do so without causing economic damage.
 
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