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in season

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in season
1. available fresh locally. Strawberries are in season here in May and June.
Usage notes: usually said about food
2. at the time of year when hunting or fishing is legal. Trout are now in season, which means the rivers are full of people fishing.
3. at the time of year when something is popular. In season, the rooms with an ocean view are more than $300 a night.
Opposite of: out of season
See also: season

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If his meal is not ready in season, he takes his rifle, hies to the forest or prairie, shoots his own game, lights his fire, and cooks his repast.
Marmaduke was apprised of all these preparations by letter, and it was especially arranged that he and Elizabeth should arrive in season to participate in the solemnities of the evening.
"I know," he thought, "that fashion not only in him, but in all city people, who, after being twice in ten years in the country, pick up two or three phrases and use them in season and out of season, firmly persuaded that they know all about it.
 
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