He was five years older than most officers of the same rank, so he was determined to work hard to make up for lost time.
You should make up for lost time.
We're working fast to try and make up for lost time.
And now the engineer pulled out the throttle-valve to make up for lost time, and the clatter of the train faded into a distant roar, and its lights began to twinkle into indistinctness.
After all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.
They hurried on to make up for lost time.
Work fast, to make up for lost time.
You can't make up for lost time, you can only do better in the future.
Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.
More broadly, the question is whether the firm can now make up for lost time in emerging markets, which are driving nearly all the industry’s growth.