fast track

See also: fast-track

English

Noun

fast track (plural fast tracks)

1. (rail transport) A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds
2. (rail transport) A railroad for express trains.
3. The quickest or most direct method or path.

   Google welcomes the decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML.

4. A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.

Translations

The quickest or most direct method or path

• Romanian: cale rapidă f
• Spanish: vía rápida

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.

   The head of Sydney Airport thinks frequent flyers should be fast-tracked through security checks.

Translations

to progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups

• Maori: tīpoka

References

• “fast track”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “fast track”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.