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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fast′ track′, - Sporta racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed.
- Rail Transporta railroad track for express trains.
- Informal Termsa situation or course of action that is intensely pressured or competitive, esp. one in which a person advances rapidly to a higher level in a business or profession:With two promotions in six months, he seems to have chosen the fast track.
- Informal Terms, Idioms on a or the fast track:
- advancing or being promoted more rapidly than usual, esp. in business or other organizational positions:an executive on the fast track.
- expanding or being developed or handled rapidly and often innovatively:a company on the fast track in computer technology.Cf. fast lane.
fast-track (fast′trak′, fäst′-),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t. - to advance or develop rapidly.
adj. - of or pertaining to the fast track.
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