express elevator

English

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Noun

express elevator (plural express elevators)

1. A high-speed elevator that only serves a select number of floors
2. (idiomatic) Something that gets a person somewhere fast
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     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.

Synonyms

• express lift
• (Something that gets a person somewhere fast): express train