waste no time

VERB

hasten

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerate expedite precipitate quicken step up urge

STRONG

advance bolt bound burn bustle clip dash dispatch express flee fly gallop goad hie hustle leap pace plunge press push race run rush scamper scoot scurry scuttle skip sprint spurt tear trot

WEAK

cover ground get cracking get the lead out haste make haste make tracks move quickly not lose a minute shake a leg step on it take wing whip around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

check decelerate halt hinder retard slow

STRONG

aid dawdle discourage dissuade face help meet pull stand stay stop wait walk

WEAK

go slow lag linger loiter procrastinate rest tarry

Example Sentences

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"Our president should waste no time and work very hard to put the brakes on insecurity."

From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023

“I waste no time on all that stuff.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

If those new policies are strong enough, the commission should waste no time adopting them.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

But he’d waste no time backing it up.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2022

Ma didn’t waste no time, she said, “Go get your Sunday clothes on, ’Lijah.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis