VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Race Against Time

Meaning:

To rush to meet a deadline, to be forced to do something very quickly

Examples:

  • With only a few hours left before the project deadline, we're in a race against time to finish the report.
  • The doctors were in a race against time to save the patient's life after a serious accident.
  • As the floodwaters rose, rescuers worked tirelessly in a race against time to evacuate people from their homes.
  • The firefighters battled the raging wildfire in a race against time to prevent it from spreading to nearby neighborhoods.
  • With the storm approaching, we're in a race against time to board up the windows and secure the house.
  • The astronauts on the space station are in a race against time to repair the damaged solar panels before they lose power.
  • In the final minutes of the championship game, both teams were in a race against time to score the winning goal.
  • As the deadline for the exam approached, students were in a race against time to finish studying all the material.
  • With the temperature dropping rapidly, the search party was in a race against time to find the lost hiker before nightfall.
  • The construction crew was in a race against time to finish the bridge before the scheduled opening ceremony.
  • Now my life is a race against time.
  • You can not win in a race against time.
  • This is now a race against time.
  • His life is a neverending race against time.
  • Colleagues, we are in a race against time.
  • This can very soon become a race against time.
  • Detoxification is a race against time!
  • Mounting the humanitarian relief effort was a race against time.
  • The race against time exists in all spheres, starting with sports.
  • It was now a race against time.