1.a job or series of related jobs that you do, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in; the time when a sports player, entertainer, or artist is active or working; connected with someone’s career
1.a career politician, soldier, teacher, etc. wants to be in their profession for a long time and to achieve success or power in it
1.to move forward very quickly in an uncontrolled way
2.to be in a situation that you cannot control because things are happening so quickly