rat race
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rat race
n. Informal
A difficult, tiring, often competitive activity or routine.
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Fierce competition to maintain or improve one's position in the workplace or social life. For example, You may not realize what a rat race it is to get research grants. This term presumably alludes to the rat's desperate struggle for survival. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]
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- Social Structure and Conditions - rat race: Informal. intense, exhausting, usu. competitive urban business life that leaves little time for leisure life
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Rat race (multiple meanings)
A Rat Race is a term used to describe an endless, self-defeating pursuit.
Rat race may also refer to:
Film
- Rat Race (2001 film), a 2001 comedy film directed by Jerry Zucker
- The Rat Race, a 1960 film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds
Music
- Rat Race (song), a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Rat Race, an album by the sleaze band Child's Play (band)
- Rat Race, a song by The Drifters
- Rat Race, a song by The Specials
Other uses
- Rat Race (arcade game), a cancelled Sony game
- Rat Race (The Price Is Right), a segment game on the TV show The Price Is Right
- The Rat Race (novel), a 1950 science fiction novel by Jay Franklin
- Rat-race coupler, a type of radio-frequency coupler
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