race against the clock
race against the clock noun: synonym of race against time.
Noun
race against the clock (plural races against the clock)
- Synonym of race against time.
- Synonyms:
- race against time
Verb
race 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)
- 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 of race against the clock
Forms of race against the clock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | races against the clock |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | races against the clock |
| present participle | racing against the clock |
| past participle | raced against the clock |
| past | raced against the clock |
Questions about race against the clock
- What does race against the clock mean?
- Race against the clock means synonym of race against time.
- What part of speech is race against the clock?
- Race against the clock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of race against the clock?
- The plural of race against the clock is races against the clock.
Words near race against the clock in the dictionary
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