"in the fast lane" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the fast lane.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in the fast lane}} in the fast lane, {{en-PP|head=in the fast lane}} in the fast lane
  1. (idiomatic) In a lifestyle, employment position, or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic, or risky. Tags: idiomatic Translations (in a lifestyle, etc. with a rapid, exciting, frantic, or risky pace): lujaa (Finnish), ohituskaistalla (Finnish), hurjastellen (Finnish), ≈vie de patachon (note: a noun = life in the fast lane) [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-in_the_fast_lane-en-prep_phrase-QZHmYw8m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Finnish links with redundant wikilinks

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