1. race against time - Noun
2. race against time - Phrase
race against time (plural races against time)
(idiomatic) A situation in which something must be done hurriedly, before a deadline.
There's always a race against time. I don't think for one moment that life gets better. How can it? One's body starts to fall apart. Gloria Grahame
Im off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men. Dorothy Kilgallen
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Yip Harburg
Animal sanctuary owner Ariana Huemer has put up a $15,000 reward to find her turkey in a race against time before Thanksgiving. Source: Internet
Directed by Sam Mendes and telling the story (in under two hours) of a spindly World War I soldier () in a race against time, “1917” cost roughly $90 million to make, not including marketing expenses. Source: Internet
All the employees in the department will get access to data, find out the cause, write report and race against time to minimize the possible damage to patients. Source: Internet