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fast lane en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. On a multilane road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles overtaking or moving at faster speeds.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Any situation or activity where the pace is very rapid.
    • One of the four main characters in This Place, tough, streetwise Candy Peters, is a white girl more at home in black culture than anywhere else, a throwaway child, a veteran of the fast lane, drugs, prostitution, jail. 1981 December 1, Susan Saxe, “Survival with Agony and Art”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 9:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fast lanes Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

slow lane

Deriveds

in the fast lane

Relateds

left lane camper · left lane hog

Synonyms

passing lane · overtaking lane

Translations (3)

de Überholspur (the lane intended or reserved for vehicles moving at faster speeds) · es carril de alta velocidad (the lane intended or reserved for vehicles moving at faster speeds) · cmn 快車道 /快车道 (the lane intended or reserved for vehicles moving at faster speeds)