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noun

a racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed.

a railroad track for express trains.

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.

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Idioms about fast track

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.

Other definitions for fast track (2 of 2)

fast-track

[ fast-trak, fahst- ]

/ ˈfæstˈtræk, ˈfɑst- /

verb (used with or without object)

to advance or develop rapidly.

adjective

of or relating to the fast track.

OTHER WORDS FROM fast-track

fast-tracker, noun

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How to use fast track in a sentence

The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
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Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.
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If you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.
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And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.
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While grocery shopping a guy I had noticed following me earlier, walked by me really fast and said, ‘You look shorter in person.’
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Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
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The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
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There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
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You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
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You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.
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British Dictionary definitions for fast track

fast-track

adjective

denoting the quickest or most direct route or systemfast-track executives; a fast-track procedure for libel claims

verb

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

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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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