Usually means: Compensate for previously wasted time.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. make up for lost time: Merriam-Webster
  2. make up for lost time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. make up for lost time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. make up for lost time: Wiktionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make up for lost time: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make up for lost time: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (make up for lost time)

verb:  to do something that should have been done earlier but was not, especially when done with energy or enthusiasm.

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