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fast lane

noun
     
fast lane
1

the fast lane

informal an exciting way of life that involves dangerous and expensive activities:
Brenda is a lady who loves life in the fast lane.
2 [countable usually singular]TTR the part of a big road where people drive fastest:
I broke down in the fast lane of the M6.
WORD FOCUS: road WORD FOCUS: road
a big road: main road, highway, motorway British English, freeway American English, expressway, turnpike American English, interstate American English, A-road British English

a road in a town: street, avenue, boulevard

a road in the countryside: country road, lane, track

a road you pay to use: toll road

parts of a road: fast lane, slow lane, hard shoulder British English/shoulder American English, central reservation British English/median strip American English, pavement British English/sidewalk American English


See also
road
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