to stay up all night doing work. often homework.
i burned midnight oil last night but slept in coz i was too tired
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To burn the midnight oil implies working overtime or working over normal capacity.
"Looks like we're going to have to pull an all-nighter today. We're going to be burning the midnight oil."
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to work diligently, especially late into the night
I had to burn the midnight oil to get that done.
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A clever way to ask your 420 friendly fuck buddy to come over late at night, do some dabs, and fuck like rabbits.
Similar to Netflix and chill.
And. . . It doesn't count if you're just smoking weed. Dabs only. kk?
Guy: Hey what r u doing?
Girl: Not much, just bored :-(
Guy: You wanna come over and burn that midnight oil?
Girl: Ummmm. . . Sure. . . why not? I haven't been high all day ;-)
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To stay up all night working. Apparently some drop the "the", though this must be rare.
Man Bob, you must have really burned the midnight oil on this one!
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To do hard drugs(cocaine, heroin meth, etc)
Dustin burning the midnight oil.
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Make coffee to stay awake
Boil some water, I'll be burning the midnight oil and I take my coffee black.
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