[ Origin ]
The phrase is speculated to have originated in the old American English but there is no literary proof to support this claim.
[ Examples ]
- The completion of this project was honestly a race against time. The client needed to have filed the documents in the court by today at any cost.
- Can you not make this sound like a race against time? Let her take it slowly please?
- My mother is racing against time right now. Please be by my side because I will need you around.
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rat race - (대도시 삶의) 극심한 생존 경쟁
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