"at the wheel" meaning in English

See at the wheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-at the wheel.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at the wheel, {{en-prep phrase}} at the wheel
  1. (idiomatic) Driving; in control of a vehicle. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (driving, in control of the vehicle): behind the wheel
    Sense id: en-at_the_wheel-en-prep_phrase-2TZLeqec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'driving, in control of the vehicle': 62 38
  2. (idiomatic) In control of the situation; in charge. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-at_the_wheel-en-prep_phrase-fmrwkVvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Download JSON data for at the wheel meaning in English (1.9kB)

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