high noon

high noon

noun
1.
the exact moment of noon.
2.
the high point of a stage or period; peak; pinnacle: a book written at the high noon of his career.
3.
Informal. a crisis or confrontation.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English
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high noon

noun
the middle of the day [syn: noon
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