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against time/the clock idiom If you do something against time/the clock, you do it as fast as possible and try to finish it before a certain time: (为了如期完成而)争分夺秒,加快工作,抢时间 It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.赶制演出的戏装真是如同与时间赛跑一样。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hurrying and doing things quickly accelerate acceleration against the clockidiom alacrity at/on the doubleidiom dash grab-and-go grease hacky haste hasten prompt promptness quickie rattle something off rattle through something rush into something snap stroke tear
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