back seat

noun

variants or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seatAl Gore
see also take a back seat

Examples of back seat in a Sentence

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The girl was in the back seat of a brown Saturn Outlook when it was stolen on Thursday morning just after 6:00 a.m., according to the Rock Island Police Department. Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 Maybe doze off in the back seats, staring up at the Starlight Headlining dreaming of Vincent van Gogh, even take a nap back there if just to get out of the house. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 The father had parked his SUV in the restaurant parking lot with the 2-year-old and his infant sibling in the back seat. Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024 Her parents folded down the back seats of their car and slid a mattress in so the children could sip cocoa and admire the lights from their makeshift bed on wheels. Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for back seat 

Word History

First Known Use

1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of back seat was in 1715

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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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