twenty-four seven

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Etymology

Shortened from twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Adverb

twenty-four seven (not comparable)

  1. 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Designates a round-the-clock service, typically including holidays, as might be offered by a supermarket, ATM, gas station, concierge service or manned data center.
    Synonyms: all the time, constantly, continuously, non-stop, nonstop, unceasingly, unstoppingly
    Near-synonyms: twenty-four hours a day, round the clock
    They're open twenty-four seven; you can go there any time you want.
  2. (colloquial, often figurative) Constantly, with little or no interruption; continually; very often.
    I'm ready to skydive twenty-four seven. [⁠nonliteral, hyperbolic⁠]

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