three-legged race

Example Sentences

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“It’s a three-legged race with the contestants going in opposite directions.”

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2018

Tillerson has one secret survival weapon: He’s running a three-legged race, figuratively speaking, alongside Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who respects Tillerson’s judgment and stays aligned with him through all the palace intrigue.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2017

It’s as if they imagine collaborative fiction as a kind of three-legged race: goofy and fun at an office picnic, but ill suited to a serious runner.

From Salon • May 25, 2015

MasterChef The young chefs attempt to bake while in a three-legged race.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2014

Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a three-legged race with a life-size rag doll.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan