hour of need

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Noun

hour of need (plural hours of need)

  1. The time when help is most needed.
    Don’t desert me in my hour of need.
    • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.

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