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Definition of Rat race
1. Noun. An exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation.
Definition of Rat race
1. Noun. (idiomatic singulare tantum) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rat Race
Literary usage of Rat race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Power Media Bluebook W/ Talk Show Guest Directory by Mitchell Davis (2005)
"Wyoming JoAnna Carey — President rat race Relaxer Carey'D Away Enterprises, LLC
2455 Woodlake Rd SW Wyoming, MI 49509 Phone: 616-530-3787 j ..."
2. The Catskills Alive! by Francine Silverman (2003)
"Trading the rat race for Rural Living Some people are fortunate to realize ...
One day he announced that he wanted to quit the rat race to become a farmer. ..."
3. Island Song Lyrics Volume 6 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"... every day in Hawaii blue Is a Sunday Manoa island day Sometimes a day that I
must face Will be just another long rat race And someone wants to be unkind ..."
4. Island Song Lyrics Volume 5by Larry W. Jones by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"It's just a little island place But it has an old time grace I would give up this
old rat race To be back in old Lahaina town To some it's just a place ..."
5. Studies in the Bacteriology & Etiology of Oriental Plague by Edward Klein (1906)
"... and is of a more plum- coloured appearance; it is caught on ships coming from
India. The next rat race which I received is a brown rat, big and wild; ..."
6. Gossip from Paris During the Second Empire: Correspondence (1864-1869) of by Anthony B. North Peat (1903)
"The name of this Rarey of the rat race is Antoine Leonard. If the former succeeded
in breaking in the worst-tempered brute ever created, Leonard in three ..."
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