rush hour

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rush hour (countable and uncountable, plural rush hours)

1. (idiomatic) The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.

   It takes 30 minutes to drive there, but maybe 2 hours during the rush hour.

   • 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 48:

     Operation London Bridge, also from 1975, tells the story of the busy station's redevelopment. Cutting neatly from the barrow boys of Borough Market to an aerial view of Borough Market Junction, the film uses time lapse photography to show the congestion rife in the area during the morning rush hour.

• peak hour

• rush-hour