against the clock

ADVERB
  1. as fast as possible; before a deadline
    it was a race against the clock
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How To Use against the clock In A Sentence

  • That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
  • In Time Trial you race against the clock on the games 20 different courses.
  • On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course.
  • Each competitor has to complete the activity against the clock, with the one who completes the circuit in the fastest time the winner.
  • To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits.
  • That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
  • Each will compete against the clock on a section of Rockingham's infield ‘street’ circuit.
  • Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other. Times, Sunday Times
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