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fast track
1noun
- 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.
fast-track
2[ fast-trak, fahst- ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to advance or develop rapidly.
adjective
- of or relating to the fast track.
fast-track
adjective
- denoting the quickest or most direct route or system
a fast-track procedure for libel claims
fast-track executives
verb
- tr to speed up the progress of (a project or person)
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蹿补蝉迟顎-迟谤补肠办顎侥谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of fast track1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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: Compare fast lane.
a company on the fast track in computer technology.
More idioms and phrases containing 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 .Example Sentences
In this campaign, both the Liberals and Conservatives have promised to fast track "energy corridors", though Carney has flip-flopped on his support for pipelines, knowing they are deeply unpopular with environmentalists.
The move was a major turning point for Perino, as standing behind the lectern in the White House briefing room has long been a fast track to a TV news job.
Under the plans, EU countries would be able to fast track people coming either from safe countries or countries from which a maximum of one in five applicants are given protection.
So far, he hasn鈥檛 met any serious roadblocks and is on the fast track to opening for business.
Introduced in April 2020, the idea was to fast track offers to supply PPE if they came with a recommendation from ministers, MPs, members of the House of Lords, or other senior officials.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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