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in the fast lane

in the fast lane prepositional phrase: in a lifestyle, employment position, or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic, or risky.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In a lifestyle, employment position, or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic, or risky.
    • For baby-boomer parents, life without kids often feels like suddenly slamming on the brakes after years in the fast lane.2003 October 13, B. Krandrowitz, K. Springen, “Free At Last!”, in Newsweek
    • He readily admits to a life of promiscuity and a history of many liaisons with prostitutes. "I lived in the fast lane," he confesses.2005 April 18, Claudia Wallis, “AIDS: A Growing Threat”, in Time

in the fast lane meaning in Bengali

in the fast lane in Bengali

উন্মত্ত, ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ

Questions about in the fast lane

What does in the fast lane mean?
In the fast lane means in a lifestyle, employment position, or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic, or risky.
What is in the fast lane in Bengali?
In the fast lane in Bengali is উন্মত্ত, ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ. See In the fast lane meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in the fast lane?
In the fast lane is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the fast lane in the dictionary

  1. in the eye of the wind
  2. in the eyes of
  3. in the eyes of the law
  4. in the face of
  5. in the family way
  6. in the fast lane
  7. in the field
  8. in the final analysis
  9. in the first instance
  10. in the first place
  11. in the flesh

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