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Meanings of back seat in English

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Passenger seat located in the rear of a vehicle, behind the driver or pilot.

        Usage of back seat in English
        1
        Mathematics and sciences have taken back seat in the last 30 years.
        America’s Secret Establishment
        2
        The girl in the back seat gave a little scream of delight.
        The Big-Town Round-Up
        3
        The radar operator in the back seat got a good radar lock-on.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        4
        You sit in the back seat and hold him while I drive.
        Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
        5
        The big education policies of recent elections are taking a back seat.
        The Guardian
        6
        Every eye was turned to an insignificant figure in the back seat.
        Clarence
        7
        Even his political ambitions took a back seat to his paternal love.
        Ghosts
        8
        The gentleman on the back seat advised him not to do it.
        Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont
        9
        Anne sat with her husband, and Jeanette was in the back seat.
        The Gay Cockade
        10
        By contrast, the pre-election promises of Fianna Fail took a back seat.
        The Irish Times
        11
        No; he will ever take a back seat when lofe is around.
        Selected Stories of Bret Harte
        12
        John turned and helped Nellie off the back seat of the dog-cart.
        A Tale of a Lonely Parish
        13
        Henry and Rocky often placed me between them in the back seat.
        Thanks For The Memories… The Truth Has Set Me Free!
        14
        Dan was propped in place on the back seat, Darrin beside him.
        Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis / Two Plebe Midshipmen at ...
        15
        Thea sank back into a corner of the back seat and yawned.
        The Song of the Lark
        16
        I used to have her in the back seat of the Morris.
        Voice of the Fire
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        Back seat through the time
        Back seat across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common