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morning after

noun

plural mornings after.
  1. a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  2. a moment or period of realization in which the consequences of an earlier ill-advised action are recognized or brought home to one.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of morning after1

First recorded in 1880–85
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The morning after I left, I found it easier to express myself than ever before, just as I’d wanted.

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The morning after the heist, burglar Yunice Abbas went home to catch up on some sleep.

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The morning after the election, Sanfilippo said he began rushing orders from suppliers, including a final order just before the inauguration that he paid an extra $17,000 to ship by air.

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"The morning after I'd been told that news, I couldn't work out what I was feeling, I couldn't put a name on it, it felt different, it wasn't familiar, and then it suddenly came to me - it was freedom," she said.

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Doug Hayward, from Fort Worth, Texas, had travelled to Belfast Castle with his wife on Wednesday morning after their flight to Edinburgh was cancelled.

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