Meaning of high noon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Exactly noon; midday (when the sun is at its highest).
   idiomatic
2. The zenith or apex of one's life or of a certain activity or era.
   figuratively, idiomatic
3. A time, set out in advance, at which an important decision is to be made or a nemesis is to be confronted.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“The same streets that are inviting and quiet at high noon may be intimidating at night.”

“[…] whereas, ten years since, there were thousands who could not endure my lightest word of rebuke to the South, they can now easily swallow John Brown whole, and his rifle into the bargain. In firing his gun, he has merely told us what time of day it is. It is high noon, thank God!”

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