lose no time
Don't delay action
To lose no time is to act immediately, without delay: She lost no time in accepting the offer.
The phrase emphasizes urgency—someone who loses no time begins at once, wasting none of the interval between decision and action.
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
- make hasteAct with urgency
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- hurryMove with urgency
- get crackingBegin working urgently
immediate · capitalize · hit the ground running · rush · move it · seize · expeditious · without delay · strike while the iron is hot · brisk · step on it · prompt · prioritize · swift · pressing · run · emergency · act
lose no timeprocrastinate
Delay action unnecessarily
delay · drag one's feet · dawdle · dilly-dally · put off
lose no timedeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
take one's sweet time · mull over · bide one's time · wait and see · hold off
lose no timewaste time
Use moments unproductively
kill time · idle · loaf · laze about · twiddle one's thumbs