Race
Race verb - To engage in a contest.
Skip
Skip verb - To move with a light springing step.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Spit Take Stupid Sexy Flanders: When Nana finishes a race looking more like she's had a 'breather', one of the younger girls feels her heart skip a beat at the sight of it.
Source: Manga / Nana to Kaoru -
Sam and Max Post try to skip out on each of their restaurant bills (originally to be payed for with the other's wallet) via a race.
Source: Webcomic / Freefall -
On that note, the Sontaran clone soldier race are implied to be this - they're born in "muster parades" and skip anything we'd call childhood, deeming twelve an impressive age to live to.
Source: Born as an Adult
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Skip and Race. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/skip
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