What does back-seat drive mean?

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back-seat drive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

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back-seat drives (present, singular) back-seat driving (participle, present) back-seat drove (past) back-seat driven (participle, past)

What does back-seat drive mean?: To engage in the habit or practice of back-seat driving.

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