Definitions

lose no time

VERB

hurry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dash hasten hustle jog rush scoot scurry whirl whisk zip

STRONG

accelerate barrel beeline bestir breeze bullet burst bustle drive expedite fleet flit fly goad haste nip push quicken race rip rocket roll run sally smoke speed spur urge whish whiz

WEAK

be quick dig in get a move on go like lightning hurry up make haste make short work of make time make tracks shake a leg speed up step on it step on the gas turn on steam

Antonyms

STRONGEST

procrastinate slow

STRONG

cease check decelerate delay discourage dissuade halt hinder repress retard stop walk

WEAK

dally dawdle rest stall wait

VERB

rush

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barrel bolt break charge chase dash dispatch fly hustle press push run scramble scurry shoot sprint zip

STRONG

accelerate career course dart expedite fleet fling flit haste hasten hotfoot quicken race roll scud streak surge tear whiz zoom

WEAK

fire up get cracking get the lead out go like lightning hurry up make haste make short work of shake a leg speed up step on the gas

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dawdle retreat slow stay wait walk

STRONG

decelerate hinder retard

VERB

speed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost expedite facilitate fly further hasten help hurry promote quicken ride run rush zoom

STRONG

aid assist barrel belt bomb career dispatch flash gallop hightail impel race sail spring tear urge whiz

WEAK

bowl over cover ground cut along gather momentum gear up get a move on get moving get under way go all out go fast go like the wind make haste open up throttle press on step on it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check decrease delay halt hinder hurt obstruct prevent procrastinate rest retard slow stop walk

STRONG

dissuade

Example Sentences

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A government insider commented: "We take these allegations very seriously and, should they turn out to be true, we'll lose no time in sacking Baroness Warsi."

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012

It read: "This should not have happened and I want to lose no time in offering an unreserved apology."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2010

Finally discharged, he will get the money owed him plus travel pay, with the advice to lose no time in buying his ticket.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their recommendations: doctors should take any possible cancer symptoms seriously; a general practitioner who has any suspicion of possible cancer should lose no time in referring the patient to an expert.

From Time Magazine Archive

We asked for a sign from heaven, and the sign came to cut across the open sea to Euboia, and lose no time putting our ills behind us.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

lose no time

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