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race 1. noun 1 a single game in an illegal numbers lottery US, 1963. 2 a single game of Keno US, 1973.► not in the racenot having any chance of success AUSTRALIA, 1904.► the racethe game of roller derby US, 1960s and 70s 2. verb ► race for pink slips (pinks)in drag racing, to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent's car US, 2003.► race offto conduct a person away to some other place for the purpose of seduction AUSTRALIA, 1965
idiomracea one-horse raceused about a game, competition, election, etc in which one person is much better than the others and will definitely win:Mansell's form continued to improve, and the first meeting of the Grand Prix season was a one-horse race.The loss of many good Coventry players through injury looks like turning the match into a one-horse race.a race against timeused about a situation in which something important must be done or completed fast:The rescue operation is a race against time, as no one who has escaped from the wreck will survive for long in the icy sea.Jim's parents face a desperate race against time to raise the money he needs for his operation.the rat raceused about a situation, especially people's daily work, that you think is difficult and unpleasant because people are always competing with each other and trying hard to get advantages for themselves:At fifty-one he decided to get out of the rat race, left his job with a big chemical company, and bought an ocean-going yacht.After being in the rat race, I don't find running a house and looking after two children very hard work.
See:- a one-horse race
- a race against time
- a race against time/the clock
- a/the race to the bottom
- be in the race
- caucus race
- get (someone's) pulse racing
- get pulses racing
- no horse in this race
- off to the races
- one-horse race
- pee like a racehorse
- piss like a racehorse
- play the race card
- race against
- race against (someone or something)
- race against the clock
- race against time
- race around
- race card
- race for
- race for (something)
- race into
- race into (someone or something)
- race out of the traps
- race through
- race through (something)
- race to
- race to (someone or something)
- race to some place
- race to the bottom
- race up to
- race up to (someone or something)
- race with
- race with (someone or something)
- rat race
- rat race, a
- run the good race
- set (someone's) pulse racing
- set pulses racing
- slow and steady wins the race
- slow but sure
- the race card
- the rat race
- tight race
- You don't change horses in the middle of the race.
- You don't change horses mid-race.
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