"back-seat driving" meaning in All languages combined

See back-seat driving on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} back-seat driving (uncountable)
  1. (automotive) Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone operating a motor vehicle by a person who is not operating the vehicle. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive, Automotive
    Sense id: en-back-seat_driving-en-noun-zHZCw~mT Disambiguation of Automotive: 77 23 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} back-seat driving
  1. present participle and gerund of back-seat drive Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: back-seat drive Categories (topical): People Related terms: back-seat driver, armchair quarterback, armchair general, back-seat gaming, encroaching
    Sense id: en-back-seat_driving-en-verb-8dAL17S5 Disambiguation of People: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89
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