Sentence examples for lose time to from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'lose time to' is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that someone has devoted, or dedicated, a certain amount of their time to a certain task or activity. For example, you could say: "I had to lose time to finish the project."

Idiom

No time to lose.

If there's no time to lose, then it's time to get started otherwise it won't be finished on time.

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You don't ever want to lose time to anyone".

"The most important thing for me today was to not lose time to Andy," Contador said.

The problem, clearly, was that the race leader might lose time to two of his key rivals, Vincenzo Nibali and Jurgen Van Den Broeck.

For me, the disciplines get better as the race goes on - I'll lose time to the big boys on the swim, claw some back on the bike and then try to do some damage on the run - so at this point I feel like a kid at midnight on Christmas Eve.

If either Sastre or Menchov has designs on the victory in Paris, he will have to attack much more fervently in the Alps, because he is likely to lose time to Evans in the long final time trial on the next-to-last day of the race.

"If you get too far into the summer, I think positions begin to harden and we lose time to not just unite but also we give the Republican nominee more time to make the case against our nominee without enough rebuttal".

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First there was a chance to make up for some lost time, to boo the enemies.

Armstrong, the seven-time Tour winner, went to 18th from 5th, losing time to his top rivals.

But he differed with the pitching coach, Rick Peterson; lost time to reconstructive elbow surgery; and struggled to regain his velocity.

Lance Armstrong, in his final Tour, lost time to the overall leader for the third day in a row.

Mentions of Willie Mays or Ted Williams are often accompanied by the caveat that they lost time to war.

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