race against time

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race against time (plural races against time)

  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which something must be done hurriedly, before a deadline.
    • 2011 September 23, “Eve Muirhead fit for Oslo Cup after wasp sting scare”, in BBC News:
      Scottish curler Eve Muirhead was left facing a race against time to make the first European Tour event of the season after being stung by a wasp.
    • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn.

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