stay in one's lane
English
Etymology
Metaphor, from the conventions for driving a motor vehicle.
Verb
stay in one's lane
- To keep to one's own kind; to avoid intermixing or associating with other types of people.
- Daniel Steverson, The Blackening White (page 30)
- There are those who try to outlive their means while others just stay in their lane. Some of us are used to being broke, having less […]
- 1999, Nelson George, Hip Hop America (page 84)
- That's because this place is racist, but also because most black filmmakers don't have an interest in integrating. They've accepted the premise that they must stay in their lane […]
- Daniel Steverson, The Blackening White (page 30)