Usually means: Stay up working late night.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. burn the midnight oil: Merriam-Webster
  2. burn the midnight oil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burn the midnight oil: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burn the midnight oil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. burn the midnight oil: Wiktionary
  6. burn the midnight oil: Dictionary.com
  7. burn the midnight oil: ESL Idiom Page
  8. burn the midnight oil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. burn the midnight oil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burn the midnight oil: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. burn the midnight oil: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burn the midnight oil: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (burn the midnight oil)

verb:  (idiomatic) To work studiously, especially late into the night.

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