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make up for lost time

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.

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I feel like I came to it quite late and I’ve had to make up for lost time.

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�� else can I do now to make up for lost time?

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And shipping costs are expected to skyrocket as manufacturers and wholesalers attempt to make up for lost time.

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I wanted to travel the world, and I wanted to fill up the daddy well, and, you know, really spend time with my kids and make up for lost time.

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The first few Christmases I returned to my hometown, I felt all-powerful and completely helpless, grappling with the memory of how things used to be while overindulging in bad decisions to make up for lost time.

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make-up make up one's mind

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