wee hours

wee hours
The crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. * /He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning./ Compare: SMALL HOURS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • wee hours — UK US noun [plural] informal the hours in the middle of the night, after midnight Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym happening at night and related to nightsynonym * * * wee hours, the early morning hours; …   Useful english dictionary

  • wee hours — are the first hours after midnight …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • wee hours — n. the first few hours after midnight * * * …   Universalium

  • wee hours — wee ,hours noun plural INFORMAL the hours in the middle of the night, after midnight …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wee hours — n. the first few hours after midnight …   English World dictionary

  • wee hours — The crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. * /He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning./ Compare: SMALL HOURS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • wee\ hours — the crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning. Compare: small hours …   Словарь американских идиом

  • wee hours — noun The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep. Syn: small hours, wee small hours …   Wiktionary

  • wee hours — early hours of the morning …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wee hours — UK / US noun [plural] informal the hours in the middle of the night, after midnight …   English dictionary

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