on the hour
at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock
Example: Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.
See also: at all hours, hour-glass, hourly, for hours, hour, hour hand, "on the hour" in any languageExample: Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.
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on the hour
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