[fast-for.ward] n, often attrib (1948) 1: a function of a tape player by which the tape is advanced at a higher speed than when it is playing normally
2: a state or an instance of rapid advancement "put her career in fast-forward"
[2]fast-forward vt (1974) 1: to advance (a magnetic tape) using the fast-forward of a tape player
2: to bypass (as a commercial) by fast-forwarding ~ vi 1: to advance a magnetic tape using the fast-forward
2: to proceed rapidly forward esp. in time "~ to the future"