Definition
Time is running out; a deadline is approaching.
In Context
- "Near-synonym: tick-tock (interjection)"
- "I have the feeling that even while the clock is ticking we are moving on to terrible things."
- "The clock is ticking for Mikhail Gorbachev too. Of all the failures of political and economic theory in this century, the Soviet failure is the most spectacular."
- "You must be Jules, which would make you Vincent. Let's get down to brass tacks, gentlemen. If I was informed correctly, the clock is ticking. Is that right, Jimmie?"
- ""We know the clock is ticking, and the longer it takes us to find the person who has been kidnapped, the less likely the case is to have a successful outcome.""
- "The clock is ticking. And with every tick, the Trudeau government’s goal of bringing 25,000 refugees from the Middle East to Canada by the end of the year grows more improbable."
Also Said As
- clock is running
- time is ticking
- time is short
- tick-tock