no time to lose

phrase

: little time : no time to waste
We need to get started immediately. There's no time to lose.

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Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts The water was cold, and there was no time to lose. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 The iPhone maker has no time to lose. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026 With no time to lose, the couple changed the wife's flight and booked her a last-minute trip to Buffalo. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 To fully eradicate polio, no child can be missed and there is no time to lose. Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 But Agatha has no time to lose, and so in a bid to blaze through to the episode’s necessary end, their coven recruitment feels more accelerated than is perhaps convincing. Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024 Whether the solution comes from Congress or straight from the president’s desk, there’s no time to lose, according to National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) president and CEO Kim Glas. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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“No time to lose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20time%20to%20lose. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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