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in the fast lane

Meaning

in the fast lane

(idiomatic) In a lifestyle, employment position, or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic, or risky.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. Haruki Murakami

I don't live in the fast lane I live on the off ramp. Fred Shero

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