make up for
青木選手の所属するロイヤルズがワールドシリーズ進出という快挙を成し遂げました。
Royals Keep Rolling, and Advance to the World Series
After going 29 years without playing a single postseason game, the Kansas City Royals are making up for a lot of wasted time.
On Wednesday, before a sellout crowd in Kansas City that could not quite believe what it was seeing, the Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1, for a four-game sweep of their American League Championship Series and advanced to the World Series. They are undefeated since the postseason began.
見出しの頭韻のRoyals Keep Rollingも捨てがたいのですが、ここはmake up forを取り上げます。「〜を埋め合わせる」という意味でおなじみのmake up for ですが,このようにa lot of wasted timeと一緒に使われると,「取り戻す」と比喩的な意味で用いられていることが分かります。(Upper Field)