express elevator
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Noun
express elevator (plural express elevators)
- A high-speed elevator that does not serve all floors
- (idiomatic) Something that gets a person somewhere fast
- 2019 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News:
- Throw in Mr Trump's promise of a "great, great wall along our southern border" - with estimates starting at $12bn - and "massive tax relief for the middle class", and the price tag for his speech proposals is on an express elevator to astronomical.
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Synonyms
- express lift
- (Something that gets a person somewhere fast): express train