before the hour
idiom
—used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long before the beginning of an hour something will happen
Trains leave the station every hour at ten minutes before the hour.
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Demiral got his second of the game when the defender powered a header home shortly before the hour mark.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 2 July 2024
Ben Morse, CNN, 2 July 2024
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“Before the hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/before%20the%20hour. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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