back-seat drive

verb

To engage in the habit or practice of back-seat driving.

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Meanings

verbback-seat drive (third-person singular simple present back-seat drives, present participle back-seat driving, simple past back-seat drove, past participle back-seat driven)

present singular third person back-seat drives · participle present back-seat driving · past back-seat drove · participle past back-seat driven

  1. intransitiveautomotiveTo engage in the habit or practice of back-seat driving.
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APA

back-seat drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-seat%20drive

MLA

“back-seat drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-seat%20drive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-seat drive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-seat%20drive.

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