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beat the clock
Idioms and Phrases
Finish something or succeed before time is up, as in The paper went to press at five o'clock, and they hurried to beat the clock . The term comes from various sports or races in which contestants compete within a certain time limit.Example Sentences
Instead of constantly trying to play beat the clock getting from point A to point B, Cindy Clegg’s suggestion is to plan on a 90-minute drive no matter what.
After trade talks with the Chicago White Sox over Garrett Crochet stalled, general manager Brandon Gomes was on the phone with the Detroit Tigers up until the deadline’s final moments, working a package that barely beat the clock before being finalized.
Dolores Rosedale, 95, a model known as Roxanne whose burst of fame in the 1950s as the hostess of the wacky game show “Beat the Clock†led to the creation of a doll in her image and to appearances on magazine covers, died May 2 in Spring Park, Minn.
Dolores Rosedale, a model known as Roxanne whose burst of fame in the early 1950s as the hostess of the wacky game show “Beat the Clock†led to the creation of a doll in her image and to appearances on the covers of magazines like Life and TV Guide, died on May 2 in Spring Park, Minn., near Minneapolis.
Roxanne joined “Beat the Clock†in 1950 when it made its transition to television from radio.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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