waste no time (in) (doing something)

waste no time (in) (doing something)

To act or do something immediately or as expediently as possible. Wow, Sarah wasted no time finding a new boyfriend after she and Rob split up. We have to have the application in by tomorrow morning, so we must waste no time in getting everyone's signature that we need.
See also: no, time, waste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • lose no time (in) (doing something)
  • lose/waste no time
  • be (really) something
  • be quite something
  • bear a resemblance to
  • bear a resemblance to (someone or something)
  • be well away
  • what you see is what you get
  • WYSIWYG
  • (something) is you