keep regular hours

keep regular hours
to perform the same activities every day at regular/​late etc times, especially going to bed and getting out of bed
Thesaurus: going to bed, getting up and staying in bedhyponym to sleep, or to go to sleepsynonym
Main entry: hour

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I
do the same thing at the same time every day
II
do the same thing, esp. going to bed and getting up, at the same time each day

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