hour

hour
n.

1) to show, tell the hour (my watch shows the minute and hour)

2) a solid ('full') hour (the police grilled him for three solid hours)

3) an ungodly ('very early'); ('very late') hour (she called at an ungodly hour)

4) the decisive hour; or: the hour of decision

5) the cocktail hour

6) office; peak; visiting hours (during peak hours more trains run)

7) the rush hour (traffic is very heavy during the rush hour)

8) at a certain hour (at the appointed hour)

9) by the hour (to pay workers by the hour)

10) in a certain hour (in one's hour of need)

11) in, inside, within an hour (she'll be here in an hour)

12) on the hour ('every hour')

13) (misc.) to keep late hours ('to go to bed late'); one's finest hour ('the noblest period in one's life'); in the wee hours of the morning ('late at night'); after hours ('after work'); (a) happy hour ('period in which a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price'); H-hour/zero hour ('time at which a significant event is scheduled to begin')

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or: the hour of decision
after hours ('after work')
in the wee hours of the morning ('late at night')
(a) happy hour ('period in which a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price')
one's finest hour ('the noblest period in one's life')
H-hour/zero hour ('time at which a significant event is scheduled to begin')
visiting hours (during peak hours more trains run)
tell the hour (my watch shows the minute and hour)
('very late') hour (she called at an ungodly hour)
within an hour (she'll be here in an hour)
the cocktail hour
the decisive hour
to show
on the. hour ('every hour')
(misc.) to keep late hours ('to go to bed late')
an ungodly ('very early')
at a certain hour (at the appointed hour)
in a certain hour (in one's hour of need)
a solid ('full') hour (the police grilled him for three solid hours)
by the hour (to pay workers by the hour)
the rush hour (traffic is very heavy during the rush hour)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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