Synonyms

make up for lost time

Idioms

Also, make up ground. Hurry to compensate for wasted time, as in They married late but hoped to make up for lost time, or We're behind in the schedule, and we'll just have to make up ground as best we can. The first term was first recorded in 1774; the variant dates from the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

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To make up for lost time, I started off in a dog trot.

From Literature

Now he must make up for lost time.

From BBC

With an uninterrupted winter training block behind her - the "healthiest" she says she has had "in a long time" - Hodgkinson signalled in devastating fashion that she is ready to make up for lost time.

From BBC

But they could be about to make up for lost time.

From BBC

He sees these as wasted years and wants to make up for lost time.

From BBC

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