yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

keep late hours



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Stay awake until late at night. For example, Never call Ethel before noon; she keeps late hours and sleeps all morning .
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

I’ve maintained a firm “don’t get drunk at work events” policy for many years now, but I’ve found that my boss and others on my team are heavy drinkers and keep late hours.

From

“You keep late hours, Rukmani.”

From

The work can feel endless, and ski technicians famously keep late hours.

From

Tango people keep late hours; I’ve been at gatherings where the best dancers arrive at midnight.

From

That year, The Grove opened its flagship restaurant on Chestnut Street, in San Francisco’s tony Marina district, where Brian Wilson, the Giants’ quirky, former closer, is occasionally spotted completing crossword puzzles in a corner and disheveled techies, who keep late hours, come for the all-day breakfast.

From

Advertisement

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.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement