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in the back seat

in the back seat prepositional phrase: in a subordinate, secondary, or less important position.

Prepositional phrase

in the back seat

  1. (idiomatic) In a subordinate, secondary, or less important position.

Antonyms of in the back seat

Questions about in the back seat

What does in the back seat mean?
In the back seat means in a subordinate, secondary, or less important position.
What part of speech is in the back seat?
In the back seat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the back seat in the dictionary

  1. in the altogether
  2. in the arms of Morpheus
  3. in the arms of Murphy
  4. in the article of death
  5. in the ascendant
  6. in the back seat
  7. in the bag
  8. in the ballpark
  9. in the bargain
  10. in the barrel
  11. in the bed

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