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Gain time

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction of a prisoner’s sentence due to exemplary behavior or participation in a rehabilitation program during incarceration. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause a delay by a circuitous mode of procedure in order to obtain more time than is available. idiomatic, intransitive
  2. 2
    To make up time lost; of a clock or watch, to run fast.

    "My opportunity to see what one of these engines could do came when we left Ballymoney on the train from Derry eight minutes late: No. 53 and her crew tore the schedule to shreds and reached Belfast six minutes early, having gained time on every section."

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