after-hours

[ af-ter-ouuh rz, -ou-erz, ahf- ]
/ ˈæf tərˈaʊərz, -ˈaʊ ərz, ˈɑf- /
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adjective

occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.

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Origin of after-hours

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby after-hours

after hours, after mast, after one's own heart, after the fact, after-dinner, after-hours, after-party, after-ripening, after-run, afterbeat, afterbirth
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Words related to after hours

midnight, duskiness, gloom, evening, darkness, nighttime, dark, eventide, blackness, nightfall, twilight, obscurity, bedtime, black, dim, nighttide

Idioms and Phrases with after hours

after hours

After normal working hours, after closing time; also, after legal or established opening hours. For example, I haven't time while the shop is open, but I can see you after hours, or The restaurant employees sometimes stayed for a meal after hours. This term originally referred to laws governing business hours. It also gave rise to the term after-hours club, for a drinking club that remained open later than similar establishments. [Mid-1800s]

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