back-seat game in English

Forms: back-seat games [present, singular, third-person], back-seat gaming [participle, present], back-seat gamed [participle, past], back-seat gamed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} back-seat game (third-person singular simple present back-seat games, present participle back-seat gaming, simple past and past participle back-seat gamed)

Inflected forms

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        "(video games) To commentate excessively on the in-game decisions and actions of someone playing a video game, whilst not playing the game."
      ],
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        "video-games"
      ]
    }
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        "(video games) To commentate excessively on the in-game decisions and actions of someone playing a video game, whilst not playing the game."
      ],
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"back-seat game" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms