Rearview mirror

/ɹˈiəvjuː mˈɪɹə/

/ɹˈɪɹvjuː mˈɪɹɚ/

Rearview mirror

a fixed mirror inside of a car or another vehicle that gives the driver a view of what is happening behind the vehicle

Examples

1. And that one is in the rearview mirror.

2. And he looked in the rearview mirror.

3. And he said, in perfect metaphor to our experience, life is only linear in the rearview mirror.

4. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw this.