burn the midnight oil

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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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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. Night shift by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) GREGGS the bakers are to burn the midnight oil with the group's first ever late night shop in Birmingham at Paradise Forum. On a roll in the early hours by Birmingham Mail (England) MANCHESTER United got ready to burn the midnight oil last night to ensure their pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov eventually ended in success. United burn midnight oil by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			bunk down bunk together bunk with bunny buoy up burden burden with burgeon out burn burn at the stake burn away burn boats burn bridges burn bridges in front of burn down burn fingers burn for burn in burn in effigy burn into Burn not your house to fright the mouse away burn off burn out burn out of burn the candle at both ends burn the midnight oil burn to a crisp burn up burn with burn with a low blue flame burned to a cinder burned up burner burning burning question burning the midnight oil burns burnt burst burst a blood vessel burst at the seams burst bubble burst forth burst in burst into burst into flame burst into sight burst into tears burst on burst on the scene burst onto the scene			burn rates Burn Ratio Burn Ratio Burn Ratio Burn Ratios Burn Ratios Burn Ratios burn recovery Burn rubber Burn rubber Burn rubber Burn rubber Burn rubber burn shock burn shock burn shock burn shock burn shoe Burn Specialty Team Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale Burn Standard Company Ltd. Burn Survivors Throughout the World Burn Syndrome Burn Syndrome Burn Syndrome Burn Syndrome burn the candle at both ends Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Burn the Hell Out Burn The Jolly Roger burn the midnight oil Burn the Priest burn therapy Burn These City Lights Burn This Disco Out Burn Time Burn Time Remaining burn to a cinder burn to a crisp burn to a crisp burn to a crisp burn to a crisp burn to a crisp Burn to Learn burn up burn up burn up burn up burn up burn up Burn Up! Burn Up! burn with burn with a low blue flame Burn Wound Intensive Care Unit Burn Your Self Productions Burn-in Burn-in Burn-in burn-in period Burn-In Reliability

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