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Burn the midnight oil

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To work studiously, especially late into the night. idiomatic

    "Near-synonym: pull an all-nighter"

Etymology

Originally referring to the act of burning lamp oil in oil lamps for light at night. The collocation midnight oil in its literal sense is attested from mid 17th c.

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