in the driver's seat
idiom
: in a position in which one is able to control what happens
When his boss went on vacation, he suddenly found himself in the driver's seat.
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Driving the news: The decision had unanimous board approval, according to Breslow, putting him back in the driver's seat some two years after his initial exit.
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Ryan Lawler, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
To help save the woman trapped in the driver's seat, Larison used his baton to break the window.
—Sophia Compton, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The mother then entered the garage and found Chosen in the driver's seat of the family vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head, police said.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Inside the car, Chosen's mother found him in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head, police said, WFLA and Fox 13 reported.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lawler, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
To help save the woman trapped in the driver's seat, Larison used his baton to break the window.
—Sophia Compton, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The mother then entered the garage and found Chosen in the driver's seat of the family vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head, police said.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Inside the car, Chosen's mother found him in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head, police said, WFLA and Fox 13 reported.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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“In the driver's seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20driver%27s%20seat. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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