Collocations for "hour"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hour" in context.
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hour
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- at a very late hour
- during the late hours of the night
- open [24, all] hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- works long hours
- go out for happy hour
- (it will be) rush hour
- was not his finest hour
- is a dark hour indeed
- is the darkest hour
- it was the witching hour
- [once] [every, each] hour
- [every, once an] hour, on the hour
- spent a pleasant hour [chatting, visiting] (with)
- took me an hour to [finish, make, decide]
- in an hour (and a half)
- a little [less, more] than an hour
- just [over, under, short of] an hour
- took [three] hours (to)
- (just) [one] hour ago
- an hour [before, after, ago]
- [waited, worked, stayed] for an hour
- [charge, pay, invoice] by the hour
- were up [chatting, talking, drinking, playing] until the early hours
- have [Spanish] class [three] hours a week
- you've been gone for hours!
- the hour has [come, arrived] (to)
- an hour's [drive, walk] from [here, my home, the office]
- during [work, office] hours
- the [12, 24] -hour clock
- is an hour drive [to, from]
- an hour-long [drive, walk, run]
- stuck in (the) rush-hour traffic
- [the clock's, my watch's] hour hand
'hour' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
access
- after
- ago
- airborne
- allow
- another
- appetizer
- bake
- bell
- blaze
- cab
- chat
- chime
- climb
- commit
- commuter
- concentrate
- continue
- cook
- cost
- cry
- delay
- disconnect
- dollar
- drink
- drive
- duration
- dying
- each
- evening
- every
- exam
- expire
- ferry
- final
- finish
- flight
- forfeit
- freight
- full
- gust
- half
- hand
- height
- hike
- idle
- inmate
- inside
- jogging
- journey