pull an all-nighter

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

pull an all-nighter (third-person singular simple present pulls an all-nighter, present participle pulling an all-nighter, simple past and past participle pulled an all-nighter)

1. (idiomatic, informal) Stay awake throughout the night, usually when working or studying.

Synonyms

• burn the midnight oil
• elucubrate

Translations

work throughout the night

• Arabic: سهر طول الليل
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開夜車／开夜车 (zh) (kāiyèchē), 开夜车 (zh) (kāi yèchē) ("to drive the night car")

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: een nachtje doorhalen, een nacht doorhalen, lucubreren
• Finnish: valvoa yötä myöten
• French: passer une nuit blanche
• German: (literally "to work on a night shift") eine Nachtschicht einlegen
• Hungarian: éjszakázik (hu), végigdolgozza az éjszakát
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
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• Japanese: 徹夜する (ja) (てつやする, tetsuya suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: døgne (no)

  Nynorsk: døgne

• Polish: zarwać noc (informal)
• Portuguese: passar a noite em claro, virar a noite, fazer uma direta (informal)
• Russian: труди́ться всю ночь напролёт (trudítʹsja vsju nočʹ naproljót)
• Spanish: trasnochar (es), pasar la noche en claro
• Swedish: dygna (sv)