"express elevator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-express elevator.ogg [Australia] Forms: express elevators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} express elevator (plural express elevators)
  1. A high-speed elevator that only serves a select number of floors Synonyms: express lift
    Sense id: en-express_elevator-en-noun-2VdXvTaJ
  2. (idiomatic) Something that gets a person somewhere fast Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (Something that gets a person somewhere fast): express train
    Sense id: en-express_elevator-en-noun-W1t1Rk~A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'Something that gets a person somewhere fast': 1 99

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