beat the clock

to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time 提前完成

The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system.

公司终于提前发布了新的系统。

Examples from the Corpus

beat the clock• Secondly, it has to beat the clock.• Sometimes I wake early to beat the clock.• Use a timer and ask the student to beat the clock.• Their aim - to beat the clock and each other in a competition to find the fastest draw in the country.

→ beat the clock at beat1(6)

单词	beat the clock
释义	beat the clock beat the clock to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time 提前完成 The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system. 公司终于提前发布了新的系统。 Examples from the Corpus beat the clock• Secondly, it has to beat the clock.• Sometimes I wake early to beat the clock.• Use a timer and ask the student to beat the clock.• Their aim - to beat the clock and each other in a competition to find the fastest draw in the country. → beat the clock at beat1(6)
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