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fast lanes

fast lanes is the plural of fast lane.

Meaning of fast lane

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

Questions about fast lanes

What is fast lanes the plural of?
Fast lanes is the plural of fast lane.

Words near fast lanes in the dictionary

  1. fast friend
  2. fast friends
  3. fast ice
  4. fast ices
  5. fast lane
  6. fast lanes
  7. fast lap
  8. fast leg theory
  9. fast money
  10. fast mover
  11. fast movers

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