torch race

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   (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next

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   Greece · antiquity

Questions about torch race

What does torch race mean?

torch race means "(ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next".

Is torch race a common word?

torch race is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.