doing things that will lead to success.

Their purchase of the company put them in the fast lane of the personal computer industry.

Usage notes: often used with put, as in the example

Related vocabulary: on the fast track

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of fast lane (= a marked path for vehicles traveling faster)

• not have two pennies to rub together
• nothing but
• nothing but something
• nothing daunted
• nothing doing
• Nothing doing.
• nothing if not
• nothing if not something
• nothing less than
• nothing less than something
• nothing much
• nothing short of
• nothing short of something
• nothing to do with
• nothing to it
• nothing to sneeze at
• nothing to write home about
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• not hold breath
• not hold liquor
• not hold water
• not hold your breath
• not hold your liquor
• not hurt a fly
• not if can help it