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(slang, transitive, intransitive) To rat run, that is, to drive on side streets, often at high speeds, to avoid traffic..
Their own private life gets to be a rat-race.
Use rat-race when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rat-race means (slang, transitive, intransitive) To rat run, that is, to drive on side streets, often at high speeds, to avoid traffic..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Their own private life gets to be a rat-race.
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