work against the clock

to work very fast because you know you only have a limited period of time to do something Scientists were working against the clock to collect specimens before the volcano erupted again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gerdina	-	Dutch
Sigfrido	seeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Sroel	-	Yiddish
Delwyn	-	Welsh
Jitender	-	Indian (Sikh)
Kriemhilde	kreem-HIL-də	German