until all hours (of the day and night)

until all hours (of the day and night)

Meaning

Until a very late hour of the night or early hour of the morning.

Examples

Johnny keeps taking the car and staying out until all hours, and I just don’t know what to do anymore!

My boyfriend lives in another state, so to make up for the long distance, we stay up talking until all hours of the day and night.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What does the idiom ‘until all hours (of the day and night)’ mean?

The idiom until all hours (of the day and night) means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”

How do you use ‘until all hours (of the day and night)’ in a sentence?

Example usage of idiom ‘until all hours (of the day and night)’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.

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