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at all hours

Meaning

At all times of the day; around the clock.

Late into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.
It's hard to sleep with the neighbors playing the radio so loud and that dog barking at all hours.

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When I call myself a peasant painter, that is a real fact, and it will become more and more clear to you in the future, I feel at home there. By witnessing peasant life continually at all hours of the day I have become so absorbed in it that I hardly ever think of anything else. Vincent van Gogh

Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes, I mean, at all hours of the night, I had like, two calls this morning and I keep calling saying I haven't got a daughter! Chris Colfer

My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy. Samantha Bee

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