race against time

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race against time

1. a rush; a rush to beat a deadline. We were in a race against time to beat the deadline. It was a race against time, but we made it.

2. to hurry to beat a deadline. We had to race against time to finish before the deadline. You don't need to race against time. Take all the time you want.

See also: against, race, time

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