waste no time (in) doing something

waste no time (in) doing something
waste no time (in) doing something phrase
to do something immediately

Barbara wasted no time in spreading the gossip.

Thesaurus: to do something quickly and/or easilysynonym
Main entry: waste

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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