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rat race ['rætreɪs]
idiom.	way of life in which people compete aggressively with each other to be successful (had to get out of the rat race and take a look at the real world again.)
idiom., amer.	a mad scramble or intense competitive struggle, as in the business world (collinsdictionary.com); any exhausting, unremitting, and usually competitive activity or routine, esp. a pressured urban working life spent trying to get ahead with little time left for leisure, contemplation, etc (collinsdictionary.com)