"at all hours" meaning in English

See at all hours in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-at all hours.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at all hours, {{en-prep phrase}} at all hours
  1. At all times of the day; around the clock. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-at_all_hours-en-prep_phrase-OOi693DW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12
  2. Late into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-at_all_hours-en-prep_phrase-ulEMWbDZ

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