Idiom
high noon
Meaning
Exactly noon; midday (when the sun is at its highest).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The sun is at its highest point at high noon.”
“The town square was completely empty as the clock struck high noon.”
“The two rivals met in the center of the dusty street at high noon to settle their long-standing dispute.”
Examples
simple
“The sun is at its highest point at high noon.”
contextual
“The town square was completely empty as the clock struck high noon.”
complex
“The two rivals met in the center of the dusty street at high noon to settle their long-standing dispute.”
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