rat-race (English, verb)
expansion: rat-race (third-person singular simple present rat-races, present participle rat-racing, simple past and past participle rat-raced)
Senses:
glosses: To rat run, that is, to drive on side streets, often at high speeds, to avoid traffic.
tags: intransitive
slang
transitive
glosses: To partake or participate in a rat race, in all senses.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
slang
Forms:
form: rat-races
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rat-racing
tags: participle
present
form: rat-raced
tags: participle
past
form: rat-raced
tags: past