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What is rat race?

What is rat race? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic, singular only) 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.
  2. (by extension) The busy, modern urban lifestyle itself.
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You get time to think and reflect, that you don't have when you're involved in the rat race outside.
Is it a gamble then to shirk the pull of the rat race in favour of a life chasing the literary pot of gold?
Malmesbury town councillor Judy Jones's book about escaping the rat race has been so successful her publishers are printing another edition.
To those caught in today's rat race, one of the major killers is stress and its related problems.
By the time we see the benefits take effect, many of today's commuters will have quit the rat race for a more convenient life.
Anyone who suggests I quit the rat race to open a jam making cooperative in rural Borneo can stop right now!

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