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no time to lose

no time to lose phrase: it is important to do something immediately.

Phrase

no time to lose

  1. It is important to do something immediately
    • Meanwhile, Japan must bolster its own defenses and substantially increase defense spending to meet new threats. Tokyo should swallow some of its suspicions and move more quickly to rebuild frayed ties with South Korea. It should make cooperation with the United States a cornerstone of its...2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022, Editorials

Synonyms of no time to lose

Questions about no time to lose

What does no time to lose mean?
No time to lose means it is important to do something immediately.
What part of speech is no time to lose?
No time to lose is a phrase.

Words near no time to lose in the dictionary

  1. no thru-way
  2. no thruway
  3. no tickee, no washee
  4. no time
  5. no time like the present
  6. no time to lose
  7. no trespassing
  8. no true Scotsman fallacies
  9. no true Scotsman fallacy
  10. no trump
  11. no trumps

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