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burn_the_candle_at_both_ends

burn the candle at both ends

English

Verb

to burn the candle at both ends (third-person singular simple present burns the candle at both ends, present participle burning the candle at both ends, simple past and past participle burned the candle at both ends or burnt the candle at both ends)

  1. (idiomatic) To work hard night and day.

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