quarter past (a given hour in time)
quarter past (a given hour in time)
A quarter of an hour (15 minutes) after the named hour in time. A: "What time does the movie start?" B: "Not until a quarter past eight, so we've got plenty of time!" I thought I'd be home already, but with this traffic, it'll be quarter past before I'm back.
See also: given, hour, past, quarter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- 11
- 12
- eight
- eleven
- quarter
- twelve
- (a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
- (it's) (a)bout time
- about time
- bout