at the wheel

idiom

: while driving
She fell asleep at the wheel.

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And that is put a steady hand at the wheel and get everybody working. Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 The footage, released by Maitland Police Department and reshared by WFAA-TV, showed officers arriving to find the 34-year-old reality TV star at the wheel of a blue sports car, which was stuck on the side of a train track. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025 His daughter, Cecilie, recounts a hair-raising high-speed journey home with a furious dad at the wheel after Man Utd had lost. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025 Musk has been promising Tesla will turn its existing cars into robotaxi-ready vehicles for years but so far the company has not delivered a system safe to use without a driver at the wheel, ready to steer or brake at any time. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for at the wheel 

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“At the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20wheel. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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