Against the clock
also,against time. in a great hurry, as fast as possible, as in with her term paper due on monday, she was racing against the clock to finish it, or they were working against time to stay on schedule. the term comes from various sports in which the contestants do not directly compete against each other but instead are timed individually, the winner being the one who is fastest. its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.
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against the wall related terms up against the wall
- Agalactia
noun (pathol, obsolete) absence or failure of secretion of milk agalactia a·ga·lac·ti·a (ā’gə-lāk’tē-ə, -shē-ə, āg’ə-) n. absence of or faulty secretion of milk following childbirth. also called agalactosis. a’ga·lac’tous (-təs) adj.
- Agalactorrhea
agalactorrhea agalactorrhea a·ga·lac·tor·rhe·a (ā’gə-lāk’tə-rē’ə) n. cessation of the flow of milk.
- Agalactosis
agalactosis agalactosis a·gal·ac·to·sis (ā-gāl’ək-tō’sĭs, ə-gāl’-) n. see agalactia.