make up for lost time
Recover squandered hours
To make up for lost time is to compensate for a period of inactivity or missed opportunity by working harder or moving faster afterward.
Someone released from prison might make up for lost time by pursuing delayed goals with urgency.
After years apart, they made up for lost time by talking all night.
- catch upReach someone ahead
- make timeCreate availability intentionally
- reclaimTake back possession
- recoverRegain health or possession
- compensateMake up for
second chance · second wind · turn back the clock · gain ground · redemption · race against time · time is ticking · burning daylight · hindsight · better late than never · sands of time · offset · ticking clock · haste · ameliorate · urgency · time flies · redeem
make up for lost timewaste time
Use moments unproductively
kill time · procrastinate · dawdle · dilly-dally · drag one's feet
make up for lost timeadd insult to injury
Worsen harm with mockery
maker, makers, making, makes, remake, upwards, losers, losing, losses