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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.

Words related to after-hours

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

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

Origin of after-hours

First recorded in 1925–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

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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