The sum of a person's performance or achievements in a given line. The term comes from horse racing, where it is defined as the best time a horse ever made over a given distance on a particular track. It was transferred to human endeavor about 1950.
What do people mean when they say track record?
noun. : a record of past performance often taken as an indicator of likely future performance.
Is track record an idiom?
The phrase a track record is an idiomatic expression that refers to a person or organization's past performance in any type of endeavor.