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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.

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The morning after the heist, burglar Yunice Abbas went home to catch up on some sleep.

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The morning after the election, Sanfilippo said he began rushing orders from suppliers, including a final order just before the inauguration that he paid an extra $17,000 to ship by air.

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“I think some of them are Republicans, some of them may be conservative Democrats,” Sanders told reporters the morning after the Denver event.

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Heathrow closed in the early hours of Friday morning after the fire.

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The morning after the first attack, Lowe said he was in the front yard with his parents, who he said were going to help with the kids while the adults dealt with the dog.

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