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The phrase "make up lost time" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to catching up with something that was lost, often due to a delay or interruption. For example: "We need to work overtime to make up lost time after the machine broke down."
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The upper house sat late for 11 hours to make up lost time.
In the spring, trains have to try to make up lost time so they can stick to the schedule.
In a race that lasts only an hour, it can be impossible to make up lost time.
He bandaged it as he rode, trying to make up lost time, and only after he'd crossed the finish line checked to see if he needed stitches.
Not demanding enough, he insists, not enough mountains, not enough finishes on peaks to deprive lesser climbers of their chance to make up lost time on long descents.
Dr. Donahue said the school decided to add two days onto the quarter, to allow teachers and students to make up lost time.
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Or the need to make up lost instructional time for the tens of thousands of our children who missed school after Sept. 11.
And unless the Americans can make up lost ground and time in a hurry, it will be very difficult for their fans at home to forget Sampras, Agassi and Chang in the lean years ahead.
And the boomers don't have as much time to make up lost ground, especially if they're already retired.
"If they're not focusing on their own retirement planning, this gives very little time to make up lost ground".
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