"behind the wheel" meaning in English

See behind the wheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-behind the wheel.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} behind the wheel, {{en-PP}} behind the wheel
  1. In control of a vehicle; driving. Translations (in control of a vehicle): خَلْفَ الْمِقْوَد (ḵalfa l-miqwad) (Arabic), за рулём (za ruljóm) (Belarusian), 方向盤後面 (Chinese Mandarin), 方向盘后面 (fāngxiàngpán hòumiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ratissa (Finnish), au volant (French), hinterm Steuerrad (German), hinterm Steuer (German), hinterm Lenkrad (German), am Steuerrad (German), am Steuer (German), am Lenkrad (German), στο τιμόνι (sto timóni) (Greek), al volante (Italian), 運転して (unten shite) (alt: うんてんして) (Japanese), 운전하면서 (unjeonhamyeonseo) (Korean), za kółkiem (Polish), no volante (Portuguese), за рулём (za ruljóm) (Russian), bakom ratten (Swedish), vid ratten (Swedish), за кермо́м (za kermóm) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-behind_the_wheel-en-prep_phrase-d3Ksrj21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'in control of a vehicle': 66 34
  2. (idiomatic) In control of the situation; in charge. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: at the wheel Related terms: take the wheel
    Sense id: en-behind_the_wheel-en-prep_phrase-fmrwkVvP Disambiguation of Automotive: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51

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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
      "word": "au volant"
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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    {
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
      "word": "hinterm Steuer"
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
      "word": "no volante"
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
      "word": "за рулём"
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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      "sense": "in control of a vehicle",
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  "word": "behind the wheel"
}

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