in the driver's seat

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Fig. in control; in charge of things. (As if one were driving and controlling the vehicle.) Now that Fred is in the driver's seat, there is a lot less criticism about how things are being done. Joan can't wait to get into the driver's seat and do what she can to turn things around.

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He spoke no word to the slave sitting in the driver's seat. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

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