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Meaning of at the wheel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Driving; in control of a vehicle.
idiomatic
In control of the situation; in charge.
idiomatic

Examples

“It is a shame, his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel.”

“We were thriving when Bill was at the wheel, but since the new CEO has started things have been going south.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

at this juncture at this moment in time at this point at this point in time at this rate at times