lose no time
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A government insider commented: "We take these allegations very seriously and, should they turn out to be true, we'll lose no time in sacking Baroness Warsi."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2012
It read: "This should not have happened and I want to lose no time in offering an unreserved apology."
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2010
Should there be a major discovery—perhaps even during the preliminary screening of material at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory—NASA is certain to lose no time in announcing the news.
From Time Magazine Archive
Come actual cancellation, Studebaker will simply send in its check, move the materials aside so as to lose no time shifting to auto production.
From Time Magazine Archive
We asked for a sign from heaven, and the sign came to cut across the open sea to Euboia, and lose no time putting our ills behind us.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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