fast track
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.
Idioms about fast track
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: a company on the fast track in computer technology.: Compare fast lane.
Other definitions for fast-track (2 of 2)
to advance or develop rapidly.
of or relating to the fast track.
Origin of fast-track
2Other words from fast-track
- fast-tracker, noun
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How to use fast track in a sentence
On the contrary, if the Court now decides to hear this case on the merits, it might be a fast-track.
In the 1970s, Bergoglio was on a fast track in the church hierarchy.
“Fiscal Cliff Talk Gets fast track,” in The Wall Street Journal.
With that math, the amount already accomplished shows Occupy SMS on a fast track to becoming a major player in the relief effort.
Then it would likely be fast track to presidential candidate.
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There wasn't any use of anyone telling us to go slow, this wasn't any fast track.
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British Dictionary definitions for fast-track
denoting the quickest or most direct route or system: fast-track executives; a fast-track procedure for libel claims
(tr) to speed up the progress of (a project or person)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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.
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