there's no time to lose

there's no time to lose
there’s no time to lose phrase
used for telling someone to hurry

He could be here any second, so there’s no time to lose.

Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to hurrysynonym
Main entry: time

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • There's no time to lose. — something that you say when it is important to do something immediately. Her plane gets in at 3 o clock so there s no time to lose …   New idioms dictionary

  • there's no time to lose — used for telling someone to hurry He could be here any second, so there s no time to lose …   English dictionary

  • have no time to lose — There s no time to lose. something that you say when it is important to do something immediately. Come on, we ve no time to lose if we want to catch the ferry …   New idioms dictionary

  • no time to lose — If there s no time to lose, then it s time to get started otherwise it won t be finished on time …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • no time to lose —    If there s no time to lose, then it s time to get started otherwise it won t be finished on time.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • No time to lose —   If there s no time to lose, then it s time to get started otherwise it won t be finished on time …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lose — W1S1 [lu:z] v past tense and past participle lost [lɔst US lo:st] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop having attitude/quality etc)¦ 2¦(not win)¦ 3¦(cannot find something)¦ 4¦(stop having something)¦ 5¦(death)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7 have nothing to lose 8¦(time)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lose — /lu:z/ verb past tense and past participle lost /lst/ 1 NOT HAVE ANY MORE (T) to stop having something that is important to you or that you need: I can t afford to lose my job, I have a family to support. | I lost a lot of money on that deal. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • time — 1 /taIm/ noun TIME 1 (U) something that is measured in minutes, hours, years etc using clocks: a machine that can travel through time | The basic unit of time, the second, was redefined in 1967. | time passes/goes by: time goes by so quickly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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