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burn the midnight oil

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burn the midnight oil
Fig. to stay up working, especially studying, late at night. (Alludes to working by the light of an oil lamp late in the night.) I have a big exam tomorrow so I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight. If you burn the midnight oil night after night, you'll probably become ill.
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burn the midnight oil
to work very late into the night I've got to get this report finished by tomorrow so I guess I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
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RED Bull Racing's technical guru Adrian Newey is expecting to burn the midnight oil over the next few weeks as he faces the prospect of redesigning a race-winning car.
GREGGS the bakers are to burn the midnight oil with the group's first ever late night shop in Birmingham at Paradise Forum.
MANCHESTER United got ready to burn the midnight oil last night to ensure their pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov eventually ended in success.
 
 
 
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