fast track
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
fast track (plural fast tracks)
- (rail transport) A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds
- (rail transport) A railroad for express trains.
- The quickest or most direct method or path.
- Google welcomes the decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML.
- A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.
Translations[edit]
The quickest or most direct method or path
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Verb[edit]
fast track (third-person singular simple present fast tracks, present participle fast tracking, simple past and past participle fast tracked)
- To progress something with unusual rapidity.
- The head of Sydney Airport thinks frequent flyers should be fast-tracked through security checks.
Translations[edit]
to progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
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References[edit]
- “fast track”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “fast track”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.