past the hour

idiom

—used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long after the beginning of an hour something will happen

Trains leave every hour at ten minutes past the hour.

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Just past the hour mark, Stephen Eustaquio, Canada’s longtime rock in the middle of the park, gave way to Mathieu Choiniere, who had just 58 minutes of senior international experience before this game. —Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 10 July 2024