pull an all-nighter



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pull an all-nighter

To remain awake all night long, especially so as to study or to complete something. I was a bit of a procrastinator in college, so I tended to pull a lot of all-nighters. Jeff pulled an all-nighter on Thursday to get his report finished for work by the deadline today, so I don't think he'll be coming out with us tonight.
See also: pull

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
May[mei]
Prudenciaproo-DHEN-thya (Spanish), proo-DHEN-sya (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Thorvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
LolaLO-lah (Spanish), LO-lə (English)Spanish, English
Asha (1)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Behram-Turkish