after hours

[after hours] {adv. or adj. phr.}

Not during the regular, correct, or usual time; going on or open after the usual hours.

* /The store was cleaned and swept out after hours./

* /The children had a secret after hours party when they were supposed to be in bed./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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