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hour of need

hour of need noun: the time when help is most needed.

Noun

hour of need (plural hours of need)

  1. The time when help is most needed.
    • Don’t desert me in my hour of need.
    • In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

Forms of hour of need

pluralhours of need

Questions about hour of need

What does hour of need mean?
Hour of need means the time when help is most needed.
What part of speech is hour of need?
Hour of need is a noun.
What is the plural of hour of need?
The plural of hour of need is hours of need.

Words near hour of need in the dictionary

  1. hour glasses
  2. hour hand
  3. hour hands
  4. hour of cause
  5. hour of glory
  6. hour of need
  7. hour-glass
  8. hour-glass figure
  9. hour-glasses
  10. hour-long
  11. hourage

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