B2idiomtimeIELTS-friendly
a race against time
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a situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
Say 'against', not 'with' (the Vietnamese is 'chạy đua với thời gian'). Often used in news about emergencies.
In context
Rescuers are in a race against time to reach the people trapped by the landslide.
Finishing the report by noon was a race against time for the whole team.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way
- a stitch in time saves nineacting early to fix a small problem saves much more work later