lane
n.— «Well, I think the policy debate is going to continue in public, and that’s outside of my lane. What I can tell you is that military to military, which is where my lane is, that we could not have better cooperation from United Arab Emirates.» —“Transcript: Gen. Peter Pace on ‘FNS’” by Peter Pace Fox News Mar. 5, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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