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☆ rat race

Slang a mad scramble or intense competitive struggle, as in the business world

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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