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Meaning of express elevator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A high-speed elevator that only serves a select number of floors
  2. Something that gets a person somewhere fast
    idiomatic

Examples

“Throw in Mr Trump's promise of a "great, great wall along our southern border" - with estimates starting at $12bn - and "massive tax relief for the middle class", and the price tag for his speech proposals is on an express elevator to astronomical.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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