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fast lane

fast lane noun: on a multilane road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles overtaking or moving at faster speeds.

Noun

fast lane (plural fast lanes)

  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

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pluralfast lanes

Words formed from fast lane

Questions about fast lane

What does fast lane mean?
Fast lane means on a multilane road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles overtaking or moving at faster speeds.
What part of speech is fast lane?
Fast lane is a noun.
What is the plural of fast lane?
The plural of fast lane is fast lanes.

Words near fast lane in the dictionary

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  2. fast friend
  3. fast friends
  4. fast ice
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  6. fast lane
  7. fast lanes
  8. fast lap
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  10. fast money
  11. fast mover

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