lose no time

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lose no time

verb loses no time · losing no time · 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 dep

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@misc{lose_no_time_2026,
  title = {lose no time},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lose%20no%20time},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}