"lose no time" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses no time [present, singular, third-person], losing no time [participle, present], lost no time [participle, past], lost no time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|loses no time|losing no time|lost no time}} lose no time (third-person singular simple present loses no time, present participle losing no time, simple past and past participle lost no time)
  1. To act quickly; do something as soon as possible.
    Sense id: en-lose_no_time-en-verb-8yKJHDIQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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