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morning after, the
The unpleasant results of an earlier activity, especially overindulgence in alcohol. For example, A headache is just one of the symptoms of the morning after. This expression originated in the late 1800s as a synonym for a hangover (and was often put as the morning after the night before). By the mid-1900s, however, it was also being used more loosely for the aftereffects of staying up late.
Example Sentences
On Monday morning, after the news broke, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma complimented his state's police force, saying that they had achieved a "major breakthrough" in seven days.
The former Matildas assistant was announced the morning after the scudding and since then, alongside captain Rachel Corsie's impending retirement, has dominated the discourse.
Yet “on the morning after the election disbelief prevailed, especially among the pollsters.”
The morning after the felling, Mr Graham claimed Mr Carruthers called him on WhatsApp to say he had cut down the tree, but Mr Graham did not believe him.
The morning after the heist, burglar Yunice Abbas went home to catch up on some sleep.
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