until all hours

until all hours
until all hours
Fig. until very late. •

Mary is out until all hours, night after night.

If I'm up until all hours two nights in a row, I'm just exhausted.

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{adv. phr.} Until very late at night. * /He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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