"Beat the clock" nghĩa là gì?

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'Beat the clock' = đánh bại đồng hồ/thời gian -> nghĩa là hoàn thành trước thời hạn quy định.

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The Steelers don’t re-do contracts once the season starts. This means that the Steelers and cornerback Joe Haden were playing beat the clock to get a new deal in place before next Sunday’s opener against the Patriots.

Instead, the Pac-12 officials quickly marked the ball at the 1-yard line and the Rebels beat the clock to attempt a scoring quarterback sneak by Plumlee. The unsuccessful sneak was reviewed and confirmed by officials after time expired (hết thời gian).

Struggling holiday giant Thomas Cook is in a race to beat the clock as it seeks to secure a £900 million rescue package (gói cứu trợ). The Peterborough-based travel operator is hoping to conclude the deal with Chinese investor Fosun and its debtholders before the winter season gets underway. The company, which employs 1,000 people at Westpoint in Lynch Wood, has set itself an October deadline for agreement to be reached on the rescue deal.


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