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rat race
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A rat race is an endless, self-defeating pursuit. Rat race may also refer to:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An executive from an international chemical company has given up the rat race to run a plant nursery. ▪ At least we would be out of the rat race until I had worked up some seniority in my job. ▪ Children are forced into the rat ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic singulare tantum English) An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.
Usage examples of rat race.
For the first year he made public appearances with the rest of the crew, but when we got tired of the celebrity rat race, Dak was not.
To be left out of the rat race and yet be so close, so intimately involved in it, was such heartbreaking torture that it seemed the universe must be against him-that Creation was malign, after all.