"fast track" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fast tracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fast track (plural fast tracks)
  1. (rail transport) A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-fast_track-en-noun-biXt~pQb Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. (rail transport) A railroad for express trains. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-fast_track-en-noun-Jt8NGr1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 43 10 10 3 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  3. The quickest or most direct method or path. Translations (The quickest or most direct method or path): cale rapidă [feminine] (Romanian), vía rápida (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fast_track-en-noun-HYJB7yzf Disambiguation of 'The quickest or most direct method or path': 3 4 91 1
  4. A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.
    Sense id: en-fast_track-en-noun-7c5dC9S0

Verb

Forms: fast tracks [present, singular, third-person], fast tracking [participle, present], fast tracked [participle, past], fast tracked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} fast track (third-person singular simple present fast tracks, present participle fast tracking, simple past and past participle fast tracked)
  1. To progress something with unusual rapidity. Translations (to progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups): tīpoka (Maori)
    Sense id: en-fast_track-en-verb-XZvWOvmr

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