(the) small hours

(the) small hours
the small hours UK US noun [plural]
the time when it is very early in the morning, soon after midnight
Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym happening at night and related to nightsynonym

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the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours idiom
(also the wee small ˈhours ScotE, NAmE also the wee ˈhours) the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight

We worked well into the small hours.

The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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