relay race

noun

, Sports.

a race between two or more teams of contestants, each contestant being relieved by a teammate after running part of the distance.

relay race

a race between two or more teams of contestants in which each contestant covers a specified portion of the distance

First recorded in 1895–1900

The Wife-Carrying Championships In this 18th-annual relay-race competition in Finland, one important thing sets it apart.

Generations of Spooners before him had taken up the surname and carried it like runners in a relay race—often into evil ways.

The score was a tie, therefore, with the result of the meet depending upon the relay race.

He had dropped in the harness and younger men were taking up the relay race.

This game differs from the track event known as a Relay Race.

West asked to be excused, as he wished to prepare his horses for the relay race which was to begin later.

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