pull an all-nighter

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pull an all-nighter

To remain awake all night long, especially so as to study or to complete something. I was a bit of a procrastinator in college, so I tended to pull a lot of all-nighters. Jeff pulled an all-nighter on Thursday to get his report finished for work by the deadline today, so I don't think he'll be coming out with us tonight.
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Its when they then stay up and try to pull an all-nighter that they are much more vulnerable to sudden sleepiness, inattentiveness and potentially accidents and errors.
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Here's to a nice fella who was ready to pull an all-nighter at the drop of the old sombrero.
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As a teenager, when I had to pull an all-nighter to finish some homework or when I waited until the day I was leaving to pack to go back to college after summer vacation, Ma would begin to say in her unique, disgusted tone, "Don't be like .
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