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Define Burn Midnight Oil Meaning

Burn Midnight Oil
to stay up all night doing work. often homework.

i burned midnight oil last night but slept in coz i was too tired
By Genovera
Burning The Midnight Oil
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."
By Lebbie
Burn The Midnight Oil
to work diligently, especially late into the night

I had to burn the midnight oil to get that done.
By Barbi
Burn That Midnight Oil
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 ;-)
By Janot
Burn The Midnight Oil
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!
By Bethina
Burning The Midnight Oil
To do hard drugs(cocaine, heroin meth, etc)

Dustin burning the midnight oil.
By Jackqueline
Burning The Midnight Oil
Make coffee to stay awake

Boil some water, I'll be burning the midnight oil and I take my coffee black.
By Adoree
Burning The Green Midnight Oil
To stay up smoking the marijuana rather than sleeping. Usually followed by an attack of the munchies, resulting in a loss of snack food.

"I'm sorry i fell asleep in your class, Professor, but I was up all night burning the green midnight oil."
By Neysa