relay race
a race between two or more teams of contestants, each contestant being relieved by a teammate after running part of the distance.
Origin of relay race
1- Compare medley relay.
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How to use relay race in a sentence
The Wife-Carrying Championships In this 18th-annual relay-race competition in Finland, one important thing sets it apart.
Jay-Z, a Toddler’s Fox News Revenge, McDiving & More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | July 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGenerations of Spooners before him had taken up the surname and carried it like runners in a relay race—often into evil ways.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckThe score was a tie, therefore, with the result of the meet depending upon the relay race.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. QuirkHe had dropped in the harness and younger men were taking up the relay race.
The Tyranny of Weakness | Charles Neville BuckThis game differs from the track event known as a relay race.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium | Jessie H. Bancroft
West asked to be excused, as he wished to prepare his horses for the relay race which was to begin later.
The Brand | Therese Broderick
British Dictionary definitions for relay race
a race between two or more teams of contestants in which each contestant covers a specified portion of the distance
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