[
US
/bækˈsit/
]
[ UK /bˈæksiːt/ ]
[ UK /bˈæksiːt/ ]
NOUN
-
a secondary or inferior position or status
tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding - a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
How To Use backseat In A Sentence
- Smiling, he watched her supple body uncoil from the cage of the backseat. EDEN BURNING
- This time around, I got into the drivers seat and had Landon with me to navigate while the others whispered and giggled maniacally in the backseat.
- He straddled over to the car and gently slid her into the backseat.
- That is different from a procedural movie where the story is in the foreground and the characters in the backseat.
- The luggage went in the trunk, the suits were hung from the hook in the backseat and the console was filled with CDs.
- Further confusing matters, Portis took a backseat to Ryan Torain, who was activated from the practice squad Friday and hadn't appeared in a game since 2008. Clinton Portis has busy first half, quiet second half as the Washington Redskins fall to the St. Louis Rams, 30-16
- They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.
- It turns out that the A74 from Lanarkshire to Kirkton is both the bumpiest and noisiest road in Britain, with decibel levels of 80 meaning it's as loud as having a whistle-happy referee sitting in the backseat. Car review: Audi RS3
- tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding
- In more recent times, the power of the pen has taken a backseat and the new generation has become more used to the telephone.