N-SING （职场上）激烈的竞争，你死我活的竞争 If you talk about getting out of the rat race, you mean leaving a job or way of life in which people compete aggressively with each other to be successful. （职场上）激烈的竞争，你死我活的竞争
I had to get out of the rat race and take a look at the real world again.