career

career
n
1. course, progression, progress, passage, line, movement, march; orbit, flowing, flow, flux, rush, onrush, run; journey, trip, trek; direction, road, route, track, beat, way; lap, round, circuit, ambit.
2. occupation, profession, trade, business, line; vocation, avocation, following, calling, pursuit, craft, metier; employment, job, work, living, livelihood; bent, inclination, set.
v
3. run, hustle, bustle, rush, scramble, scamper, scuttle, bolt, dash, dart, fly, Inf. take off, Sl. tear off, scoot, speed, sprint, shoot; hurry, hasten, spank, scud.

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