rearview mirror

[ reer-vyoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a mirror mounted on the side, windshield, or instrument panel of an automobile or other vehicle to provide the driver with a view of the area behind the vehicle.

First recorded in 1925–30; rear ¹ + view

With the midterm elections safely in the rearview mirror, Obama is on legacy patrol.

Our driver glances at us in the rearview mirror and nods before dropping the faded red Toyota Hilux into first gear.

Like a point in life where the frat house is too far in the rearview mirror for the behavior to be acceptable?

“I was on the Maidan many times this year,” he declared proudly, making sure to lock into my eyes in the rearview mirror.

The industry had already grown small in her rearview mirror.

For example, in a rearview mirror; ordinarily on a rearview mirror of these stolen cars we process you get mostly fingerprints.

Don couldn't quite catch his expression in the rearview mirror.

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