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race against the clock en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Synonym of race against time.

Forms

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races against the clock Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

race against time

race against the clock en · VERB

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

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races against the clock Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
racing against the clock Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raced against the clock Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raced against the clock Tense=Past lexicographic