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back-seat driving

back-seat driving noun: excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone operating a motor vehicle by a person who is not operating the vehicle. Also the present participle and gerund of back-seat drive.

Noun

back-seat driving (uncountable)

  1. Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone operating a motor vehicle by a person who is not operating the vehicle.

Also used as

back-seat driving is also the present participle and gerund of back-seat drive.

Questions about back-seat driving

What does back-seat driving mean?
Back-seat driving means excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone operating a motor vehicle by a person who is not operating the vehicle.
What part of speech is back-seat driving?
Back-seat driving is a noun.

Words near back-seat driving in the dictionary

  1. back-seat drive
  2. back-seat driven
  3. back-seat driver
  4. back-seat drivers
  5. back-seat drives
  6. back-seat driving
  7. back-seat drove
  8. back-seat game
  9. back-seat gamed
  10. back-seat gamer
  11. back-seat gamers

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