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lose no time

lose no time verb: to act quickly; do something as soon as possible.

Verb

lose no time (third-person singular simple present loses no time, present participle losing no time, simple past and past participle lost no time)

  1. To act quickly; do something as soon as possible.
    • Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive...1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
    • London Transport lost no time in beginning work on the new Victoria tube line following the Minister of Transport's approval of the project, announced on August 20.1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256

Forms of lose no time

third-person singular presentloses no time
present participlelosing no time
past participlelost no time
pastlost no time

Questions about lose no time

What does lose no time mean?
Lose no time means to act quickly; do something as soon as possible.
What part of speech is lose no time?
Lose no time is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose no time?
The past tense of lose no time is lost no time.

Words near lose no time in the dictionary

  1. lose ground
  2. lose heart
  3. lose her head
  4. lose his head
  5. lose it
  6. lose no time
  7. lose one's balance
  8. lose one's battle
  9. lose one's bearings
  10. lose one's bottle
  11. lose one's cookies

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