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against the clock

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around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory operated around the clock until the order […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

turn back the time

[put back the clock] or [turn back the clock] or [turn back the time] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

clock watcher

[clock watcher] {n. phr.}, {informal} A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in a hurry to leave his job. * /When Ted […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

against time

[against time] or [against the clock] {adv. phr.} 1. As a test of speed or time; in order to beat a speed record or time limit. * /John ran around […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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