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单词 make up for lost time
释义

make up for lost time

Do something faster or more often in order to compensate for not having done it quickly or often enough before: he may not have travelled much as a young man, but he has now made up for lost time...
  • Whether the partnership can move quickly enough to make up for lost time, however, remains to be seen.
  • My work has taken me away a great deal and I want to make up for lost time whilst I am still hopefully young and fit enough to do so.
  • I guess when you're thrown in with a group of people for a relatively short period of time, you make up for lost time by getting to know each other quickly.
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