hour of reckoning

noun phrase

: the moment of truth : the time when something would be decided
The hour of reckoning had come.

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“Hour of reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20of%20reckoning. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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