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one-track
[ wuhn-trak ]
adjective
- having only one track.
- unable or unwilling to cope with more than one idea, action, etc., at a time; narrow:
a one-track mind.
one-track
adjective
- informal.obsessed with one idea, subject, etc
- having or consisting of a single track
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Word History and Origins
Origin of one-track1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
Once his one-track mind got to functioning on a certain objective it seldom digressed.
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"Thank God that thing had a one-track mind, and was concentrating on the spider," said Jim, with a rather humorless laugh.
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You certainly see the other side of the famous one-track mind of Japan over here, as well as of other things.
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We parted with mutual benedictions, and John Maxwell and I walked away, toward the one-track road leading to the old mansion.
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I must have journeyed on at least three small, one-track railroads after leaving the Pullman at some junction or other.
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