race against the clock

noun

Synonym of race against time.

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Meanings

nounrace against the clock (plural races against the clock)

plural races against the clock

  1. Synonym of race against time.

    Synonyms: race against time

verbrace against the clock (third-person singular simple present races against the clock, present participle racing against the clock, simple past and past participle raced against the clock)

present singular third person races against the clock · participle present racing against the clock · participle past raced against the clock · past raced against the clock

  1. To work quickly.

    Racing against the clock of extinction, the garden's field botanists work with local governments to preserve tracts of rain forest, scour the landscape for unique plant life, and send specimens home to Missouri for identification and further study.

    1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 129

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of race against time.

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APA

race against the clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/race%20against%20the%20clock

MLA

“race against the clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/race%20against%20the%20clock. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “race against the clock,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/race%20against%20the%20clock.

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