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rearview mirror

[ reer-vyoo ]

noun

  1. 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.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rearview mirror1

First recorded in 1925–30; rear 1 + view
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Not with three straight losses in the rearview mirror and only four games left in the regular season.

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Instead, she notices people through her rearview mirror, smiling.

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With the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game in the rearview mirror, he’s supposed to be in Sandpoint, Idaho.

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Libonati remained in his vehicle and escaped, watching black smoke billow in his rearview mirror as his childhood neighborhood went up in flames.

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Yet, by the time the McWaids were rushing away — with 20- to 25-foot flames in the rearview mirror, right up against the area that they had cleared — McWaid was already certain his home was doomed.

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