driver's seat

noun
1.
the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
2.
a position of power, dominance, control, or superiority: After the election the Democrats were back in the driver's seat.

Origin:
1920–25

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Part of the engine is beneath or behind the windshield and beside the driver's
  seat.
There's no stress over missing your next turn because you're not in the
  driver's seat.
The interviewer sat in the driver's seat with his typewriter on two iron bars
  which extended beneath the meter.
Venture capital won't be earning outsize returns if business owners are in the
  driver's seat in capital-raising negotiations.
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