"make up for lost time" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From make up for and lose time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> up for lost time"
      },
      "expansion": "make up for lost time (third-person singular simple present makes up for lost time, present participle making up for lost time, simple past and past participle made up for lost time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do something that should have been done earlier but was not, especially when done with energy or enthusiasm."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_up_for_lost_time-en-verb-gfQ7tHDc",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "make time"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "dohnat ztracený čas"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "korvata menetetty aika"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "rattraper le temps perdu"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anapliróno to chaméno kairó",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "αναπληρώνω το χαμένο καιρό"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navjórstyvatʹ potérjannoje vrémja",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "навёрстывать поте́рянное вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naverstátʹ potérjannoje vrémja",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "наверста́ть поте́рянное вре́мя"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make up for lost time"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From make up for and lose time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up for lost time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> up for lost time"
      },
      "expansion": "make up for lost time (third-person singular simple present makes up for lost time, present participle making up for lost time, simple past and past participle made up for lost time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "make time"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do something that should have been done earlier but was not, especially when done with energy or enthusiasm."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dohnat ztracený čas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "korvata menetetty aika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "rattraper le temps perdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anapliróno to chaméno kairó",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "αναπληρώνω το χαμένο καιρό"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navjórstyvatʹ potérjannoje vrémja",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "навёрстывать поте́рянное вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naverstátʹ potérjannoje vrémja",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "наверста́ть поте́рянное вре́мя"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make up for lost time"
}