no time to lose

idiom

: little time : no time to waste

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

An aging, limping Bosch works like a man with no time to lose, completing tasks at his own expense to glean information. —Tom Nolan, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022

Cicchetti washed down with an ombra was a type of fast food eaten by traders to complete business quickly while standing on their feet when there was no time to lose. —Cat Bauer, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022

With more than 412,000 dead and the economy again losing jobs, Biden has argued there is no time to lose. —Aamer Madhani And Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021

For Colombian researchers who had waited their whole lives to study the region’s natural bounty, there was no time to lose. —Lindzi Wessel, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2018

That’s why a recession is no time to lose sight of purpose; the opposite, really. —Dilip Rao, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023

Davis says there is no time to lose for people with ME/CFS — and for his family. —Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2022

There's much work to do, and no time to lose. —Kelly Mena, CNN, 5 Apr. 2022

When there is no time to lose, many other things get lost instead. —Charlotte Kent, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021

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