a race against time clock



a race against time/the clock

an attempt to do something very quickly because there is only a short time in which it can be done It's a race against time to get the building finished before the rainy season sets in.
See also: clock, race, time

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yavor-Bulgarian
Corinne[kəu'rin]
Radomir-Serbian, Russian, Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
JephthahJEF-thə (English)Biblical
Rudolf[ru:dɔlf]
Marcas-Irish, Scottish