burn the midnight oil

THESAURUS

burn the midnight oil

be behindhand, be late, be overdue, bone, con, contemplate, dig, do double duty, drill, elucubrate, examine, get up late, go over, grind, hit the ball, hustle, keep everyone waiting, keep late hours, lucubrate, miss the boat, oversleep, overwork, peruse, plunge into, pore over, pour it on, practice, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, scratch, show up late, slave, stay late, stay up late, study, sweat, swot, vet, wade through, work hard, work late, work overtime

ROGET THESAURUS

burn the midnight oil

Learning

VB learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed.