Usually means: Working excessively, neglecting personal rest.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word burn the candle at both ends:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. burn the candle at both ends: Merriam-Webster
  2. burn the candle at both ends: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burn the candle at both ends: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burn the candle at both ends: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. burn the candle at both ends: Wiktionary
  6. burn the candle at both ends: Dictionary.com
  7. burn the candle at both ends: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burn the candle at both ends: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burn the candle at both ends: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (burn the candle at both ends)

verb:  (idiomatic) To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.
verb:  (idiomatic, dated) To waste or expend resources twice over; to be doubly profligate.

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