relay race
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- noun
- /ˈriːleɪ reɪs/
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- Jesse Owens's four gold medals were stirring, but for us the high point was the women's 4x100 meter relay race, in which the German foursome was expected to triumph.
And then I'm going to do a relay race across America.
- And then I'm going to do a relay race across America.
- All right, Next up, we have MAGA Christians as though they are in a relay race with Trump and he hands the baton.
Examples
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Flyball teams are made up of 3-5 dog-handler pairs; teams compete against one another in a relay race requiring the dogs to go over a set of hurdles, retrieve a ball, and return over the hurdles.
Academic text (2005) -
The MIDI information is passed from instrument to instrument in the same way a baton is passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
Academic text (1994) -
And then I'm going to do a relay race across America.
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As in a relay race, the judge looks for false starts, which the team must correct via a restart.
Academic text (2005) -
Korrika is a relay race around the many cities and villages of the Basque Country, north (France) and south (Spain), and Navarra.
Academic text (1991) -
For the children, there were relay races, treasure hunts, and nature hikes down the valley with Martha at the head of the column, a walking catalog of tree, reptile, and stone lore, like the Scout leader she'd been when Louise was growing up.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the relay race, each team member sprinted their segment before passing the baton to the next runner.
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Our school won first place in the exciting relay race at the annual sports day.
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During the relay race, teamwork was essential as each athlete had to perform their best to secure victory.
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Morphology
The meaning of 'relay race' is directly and transparently composed from 'relay' (a group taking turns to continue a task) and 'race' (a contest to see who finishes first); together they straightforwardly describe a team race with sequential legs. This is a common, cross-linguistically recognizable event-type compound, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Relay race comes from a team running event where each member takes turns and passes a small stick called a baton. Picture one runner giving the baton to the next, so it means 'a race in which each person runs part of the distance'.