lose time

English

Verb

lose time (third-person singular simple present loses time, present participle losing time, simple past and past participle lost time)

  1. (of a clock) to go slow and not keep accurate time.
  2. (of a person etc.) to fall behind schedule.
    • On the third day the train lost time more and more. She raged with painful impatience. No good, at every station the train sat longer.

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