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a backseat driver

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a backseat driver

 

1. a passenger in a car who continuously tells the driver how they should drive Mike's a real backseat driver and I find it so irritating.

2. (mainly American) someone who expects to control things although it is not their responsibility to do this Tell her you're in charge now. It's time she stopped being a backseat driver.

See also: backseat, driver