not lose a minute
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We did not lose a minute in getting under way, and we haven’t wasted any time in getting here either.
From The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado by Chase Emerson
It was Nell's idea that Nelse Ackerman would not lose a minute next morning; and sure enough, Peter found a note on the dressing-table: "Wait for me, I want to see you."
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair
"But you say right,—I never was here before, and I don't know my way to the place you speak on; only tell me, and I'll not lose a minute."
From Mary Barton by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Come, we must not lose a minute, for I couldn't fasten the brute very well.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan
We knew that it would not be long before the man on the motorcycle would find out that we had escaped and would take the road after us, and we must not lose a minute.
From The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
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