against the clock

Speech parts

1. against the clock - Adverb

2. against the clock - Phrase

Meaning

as fast as possible; before a deadline

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

against time quickly rapidly FAST promptly swiftly speedily briskly cursorily hastily counterclockwise hurriedly in haste in a hurry at full throttle
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Antonyms

largo adagio lento heavily slow gradually
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Examples

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock. Kimi Raikkonen

I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen. Jan Karon

it was a race against the clock Source: Internet

Establishing intermediate arrangements has become a race against the clock, as the transitional period should be adopted before and enter into force ahead of 1 August 2020, which is the deadline for multiple member states’ notifications to the Commission. Source: Internet

In time trial mode, players race against the clock through the same tracks that are present in Mario Kart GP mode, attempting to set the fastest time possible. Source: Internet

A group of E.W. Griffith Elementary School alumni are in a race against the clock. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

against the clock

Close letter words and terms

against the backdrop of against the background of against the best against the collar against the current against the grain