English Dictionary

beat the clock

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit. / (idiomatic) To be used or become operational before a deadline or date of expiration.

日本語の意味

時間制限内に課題や活動を完遂すること / 期限切れになる前にシステムや機能が稼働すること

We had to beat the clock to submit the project before the server maintenance started.

サーバーのメンテナンスが始まる前に、時間内にプロジェクトを終わらせて提出しなければなりませんでした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.

He and Mr. Goldie have managed to beat the clock, finishing and printing the book themselves while Mr. Murray is still alive.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To be used or become operational before a deadline or date of expiration.

Judge Randall Thomas dropped a dozen theft charges against Hunt . . ., ruling that the indictment came after a three-year state statute of limitations had run out. One ethics charge—punishable by up to $10,000 and 10 years behind bars—did beat the clock.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) To remain youthful; to live a long, healthy life.

[T]he man who looked like an ageing rocker trying to beat the clock, was none other than Robert Lee Vesco.

beats the clock （ present singular third-person ）

beating the clock （ participle present ）

beat the clock （ past ）

beaten the clock （ participle past ）