high noon

high noon

1. Literally, at or very near midday (noon). It's only 9 AM and the heat out here is sweltering; by high noon, that sun will be deadly.
2. The peak or most advanced stage of a given period. At the high noon of the economic boom, people spent money on the most ridiculous things. The actor had been a household name at the high noon of his career, but nowadays, there are few who even remember him.
3. The critical or appointed time of a decisive confrontation, crisis, or contest. It's high noon for these two teams, as the result of this game will determine who makes it to the finals.
See also: high, noon
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • noon
  • literally
  • suit (one) to a T
  • suit (one) to a tee
  • suit to a T
  • drift with
  • drift with (something)
  • (the) survival of the fittest
  • beat the (living) daylights out of (one)
  • beat/scare the daylights out of somebody
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Chorus: High Noon for Bob x4 Should you take a glance at the sky tonight, Should you see a six shooting star in the moonlight, the four time quick draw champion Bob still riding it seems He'd found a fellow enthusiast, recalls bartender Paul Johnson, he could drink all day and all night long but he left here sober and went back for his guns.
In High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic (Bloomsbury USA, 2017,400 pgs, U.S.$28.00), Frankel chronicles, in granular detail, the development of one Western film as a means to illustrate the dominant social and political forces at play in mid-20th century America.
(2) High Noon drew on audiences' familiarity with previous westerns and their expectations for how such stories would unfold while promising something new in its particular treatment of the formula.
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RORY MCILROY will face fellow young gun Rickie Fowler at High Noon today with USA captain Tom Watson calling on his team to "smoke" Europe.
High Noon Books are high interest, low-vocabulary works of fiction and non-fiction that are ideal for teaching reading skills to the reading impaired.
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13 May 2013 - UK broadcaster ITV Plc (LON:ITV) said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a 60% stake in US reality TV producer High Noon Entertainment for an upfront price of USD25.65m (EUR20.5m).
Hills are a standout 23-20 about Exeter winning the high noon League Two showdown with Devon rivals Plymouth, while the Grecians are just 5-6 with Blue Square.
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The "High Noon Club," a mix of average citizens, highly regarded business people, attorneys and politicians, meets at the range every Friday.