sit shotgun

sit shotgun

To ride in the front passenger seat of a car. An allusion to stage coaches in the 19th-century US, which were often protected from outlaws by someone who sat wielding a shotgun next to the driver. Mom, Jake got to sit shotgun this morning—it's my turn! OK, let's get back on the road. Who wants to sit shotgun?
See also: shotgun, sit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • call shotgun
  • end game
  • Earth to (someone)
  • earth to someone
  • get in/into one's hair, to
  • fight (someone or something) hammer and tongs
  • fight hammer and tongs
  • haf
  • exit
  • exit stage left