Usually means: Stayed up late working hard.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. burnt the midnight oil: Merriam-Webster
  2. burnt the midnight oil: Wiktionary
  3. burnt the midnight oil: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt the midnight oil: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt the midnight oil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt the midnight oil: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt the midnight oil: Idioms



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