returned to, regained, recovered, made up (lost time)
À la suite d'une brève absence, il a regagné son poste à l'institut.
After a brief absence, he returned to his position at the institute.
Il a regagné furtivement le trou d'où il était sorti.
He stealthily slipped back into the hole he had emerged from.
— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)
Il n'était pas impossible que le retard fût regagné.
It wasn’t impossible that the time lost could be made up.