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all hours
Idioms and Phrases
Irregular times, as in You can't come home at all hours and expect your supper to be ready . The expression can also mean “late at night,” as in College students like to stay up talking until all hours . It is sometimes amplified into all hours of the day and night . [c. 1930]Example Sentences
Someone started calling our house at all hours of the night, hanging up when we answered, or sitting in silence.
For people seeking ways to help in person, every day, Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network updates a Google spreadsheet of volunteer opportunities that has dozens if not hundreds of viewers at all hours of the day and night; volunteer centers are so busy that they are turning people away.
Allegations include nonpayment for all hours worked, nonpayment of overtime, not being reimbursed for business expenses and not being paid severance.
In infamous Yoshinoya alley, severely addicted people gather at all hours, sometimes by the dozens, to use drugs including fentanyl, a serial killer.
As owners of one of the few businesses in Lewiston, Maine, that remains open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Karims built a livelihood and a reputation by serving customers from all walks of life at all hours.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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