Example
“The founders left the corporate rat race to bootstrap their own thing.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
arms race
Neutral · CEFR C1
a competitive spiral in which rivals keep escalating their investment to stay ahead
race to the bottom
Neutral · CEFR C1
a competitive spiral that drives prices, quality, or standards lower and lower
burn the candle at both ends
Neutral · CEFR B2
to work so hard and long that you exhaust yourself
pressure cooker
Informal · CEFR B2
an intensely stressful environment or situation
call it a day
Informal · CEFR B1
To decide to stop working on something for now.
do the job
Informal · CEFR B1
to be good enough to achieve the desired result
Source methodology
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