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the lane of a multilane roadway that is used by fast-moving vehicles, as when passing slower traffic; any scene, activity, or pursuit that is exciting, high-pressured, competitive, swift-moving, and sometimes dissipated or dangerous

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Usage examples (34)
  • He apparently decided to drop the fast-lane image.
  • He got sucked in by all of your rock and roll fast-lane debauchery.
  • Baseball is too slow for our fast-paced, fast-food, fast-lane culture.
  • Evidence of Guangdong's fast-lane corporate culture is everywhere at hand.
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