an attempt to do something when there is little time to do it.

It was a race against time as staff members tried to keep the struggling company open.

Usage notes: sometimes used as a verb phrase:

The villagers raced against time to protect their town against the flood.

• get ducks in a row
• get end away
• get even
• get even with
• get even with someone
• get eye in
• get feet under the table
• get feet wet
• get fill
• get fill of
• get fill of something
• get finger out
• get flak
• get foot in the door
• get fresh
• get fresh with
• get fresh with someone
• get goat
• get going
• get grief
• get groove on
• get hands dirty
• get hands on
• get hands on someone
• get hands on something