Shotgun
Meaning/Usage: To claim the front seat in a car.
Explanation: Instead of people fighting over who will sit in the front seat, people would decide who gets the front seat by whoever shouts out (shotgun) first.
more examples to explain
1-Why does he always get to ride shotgun?
2- If we go to the store with mom I call shotgun.
3- I am heading out to the party. Do you want to ride shotgun?
Conversation.
A-Hey James, mom said she would give us a ride home?
B- I call shotgun!
A- That's not fair you always sit in the front seat.
B- You just need to say it before me next time.
Other Common Sentences
1-I will sit in the front passenger seat.
2-I get to sit in the front seat next to the driver.
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