waste no time

phrase

: to do something quickly
We wasted no time getting our tickets.

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San Francisco’s experienced group of pass-catchers waste no time welcoming Miami’s young secondary to the league. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 California should step up and take the lead on such an effort and should waste no time in making data center policy and regulation a high-priority action. — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 The documentary filmmaker who helped spearhead the bronze, lifelike Apollo 11 statue anchored at Kennedy Space Center wants to waste no time in honoring the astronauts of Artemis II. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 Sizes are going fast, so waste no time in shopping the buzzy sales extravaganza, which lasts only through the first week of January. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waste no time

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wasteness
waste no time
waste not, want not
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“Waste no time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20no%20time. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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