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fast-for·ward  (fst-fôrwrd) KEY 

NOUN:
or fast forward
    1. A function on an electronic recording device, such as a videocassette or tape player, that permits rapid advancement of the tape.
    2. The mechanism, such as a button, used to activate this function.
  2. Informal A rapidly changing situation or series of events: "The trial was on fast forward" (Nelson DeMille).
VERB:
fast-for·ward·ed, fast-for·ward·ing, fast-for·wards
VERB:
intr.
To advance a tape rapidly on an electronic recording device.
VERB:
tr.
To advance (a tape) rapidly on such a device.



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