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Meaning of race out of the traps | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To start something very quickly.

idiomatic

Examples

“As if spurred on by the recent barbs and an increasingly perilous league position, Hughes's side raced out of the traps, starting the game as though Premier League survival depended on the result of this encounter.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

race-bait race-baited race-baits race-walk racebend racebending