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race against someone or something

to attempt to win a trial of speed against someone or something. I don't want to race against Kelly. She is too fast. I had to race against time to get there before the baby got worse.

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COMEDIANS Frank Skinner and Lee Mack meet at the Reform Club in London to kick off the first leg of the Around The World In 80 Days challenge, which sees six pairs of celebrities race against the clock in an ambitious global relay, reenacting the epic odysseys of Phileas Fogg and Michael Palin, and raising money for this year's BBC Children In Need Appeal. In famous footsteps; Travel Around the World in 80 Days (BBC One, 9pm) by Birmingham Mail (England) But Lewis Hamilton, victor in the last round in Hungary, says it would be "an honour" to race against the seven-time champion. SCHU US YOU'RE STILL A WINNER; FORMULA 1 SUPERSTAR IS WARNED by The Mirror (London, England) Speaking in his autobiography, My Story, Hamilton remarked: "I was asked which former driver I would most like to race against, and I went for Michael Schumacher. I couldn't ignore my team's hour of need; FORMULA ONE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			quit a place quit on quit over quit while one is ahead quite quite a quite a bit quite a change quite a few quite a lot quite a ways quite a while quiver with quiz quiz about quiz on quiz out quo quote quote a price quote from quote unquote quote, unquote rabbit race race against race against the clock race against time race around race card race for race into race through race to race to some place race up to race with rack rack brain rack brains rack out rack up racked with pain radar radiate from raffle off rag rag on rage rage against rage at			raccoons Raccords Hydrauliques Levage SARL RACCP RACD RACDA RACDC RACDS race race race race race race Race & Europe Information Network Race (contemporary concept) Race (contemporary concept) Race (contemporary concept) Race (contemporary concept) Race (human) Race (human) Race (human) Race (human) Race (sport) Race (sport) Race (sport) Race (sports) Race (sports) Race (sports) Race Across America Race Across the Alps race against Race Against Abuse of Children Everywhere Race Against Domestic Violence Race Against Drugs Race Against Impaired Driving race against the clock Race Against Time Race Against Time Race and Disability Equality Scheme Race and Ethnic Studies Institute Race and Ethnocultural Relations Committee Race and Social Justice Initiative race around Race Athlete Performance Network Race Awareness Program Race Breed race car race car Race Car Club of America Race Car Control System Race car driver Race Car Dynamics Race Car Replicas Race Car Vehicle Dynamics race card Race cars Race cloth

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