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TAKE THE QUIZ“thehour”
The following 6 entries include the term thehour.
after the hour
idiom—used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long after the beginning of an hour something will happen
at the top of the hour
idiom: at the beginning of the hour (at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, etc.)
before the hour
idiom—used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long before the beginning of an hour something will happen
every hour on the hour
idiom: at the beginning of each hour (at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, etc.)
on the hour
idiom: at the beginning of the next hour
past the hour
idiom—used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long after the beginning of an hour something will happen
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