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RAT RACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rat race mean?
• RAT RACE (noun)
The noun RAT RACE has 1 sense:
1. an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
Familiarity information: RAT RACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rat race" is a kind of...):
modus operandi; routine (an unvarying or habitual method or procedure)
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