fast track

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noun
  1. a racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed.

  2. a railroad track for express trains.

  1. Informal. a situation or course of action that is intensely pressured or competitive, especially 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.

Idioms about fast track

  1. on a / the fast track, Informal.

    • advancing or being promoted more rapidly than usual, especially 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.: Compare fast lane.

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Other definitions for fast-track (2 of 2)

fast-track
[ fast-trak, fahst- ]

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to advance or develop rapidly.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the fast track.

Origin of fast-track

2
First recorded in 1830–40

Other words from fast-track

  • fast-tracker, noun

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How to use fast track in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for fast-track

fast-track

adjective
  1. denoting the quickest or most direct route or system: fast-track executives; a fast-track procedure for libel claims

verb
  1. (tr) to speed up the progress of (a project or person)

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Other Idioms and Phrases with fast track

fast track

A situation involving high pressure, competition, and, especially, rapid success or advancement. For example, He was definitely on a fast track, becoming a partner after only five years in the firm, or This company was on the fast track in software development. This term alludes to a dry, hard horse track that enables horses to run at high speeds. [Colloquial; mid-1960s] Also see fast lane.

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