make up for lost time
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Etymology edit
From make up for and lose time.
Verb edit
make up for lost time (third-person singular simple present makes up for lost time, present participle making up for lost time, simple past and past participle made up for lost time)
- to do something that should have been done earlier but was not, especially when done with energy or enthusiasm.
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Further reading edit
- “make up for lost time”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “make up for lost time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “make up for lost time” (US) / “make up for lost time” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “to make up for lost time”, in Collins English Dictionary.