Meaning of fast lane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. On a multilane road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles overtaking or moving at faster speeds.
2. Any situation or activity where the pace is very rapid.
   broadly, figuratively

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Examples

“One of the four main characters in This Place, tough, streetwise Candy Peters, is a white girl more at home in black culture than anywhere else, a throwaway child, a veteran of the fast lane, drugs, prostitution, jail.”

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