burn midnight oil

VERB

cram

Synonyms

STRONG

read review revise

WEAK

heavy booking hit the books megabook mug up

Antonyms

WEAK

let out open release

VERB

learn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

determine enroll gain get grasp master pick up read receive review study

STRONG

apprentice attain con cram grind imbibe lucubrate matriculate memorize peruse prepare

WEAK

be taught be trained become able become versed brush up on commit to memory crack the books drink in get down pat get the hang of get the knack of improve mind major in minor in pore over soak up specialize in take course take in train in wade through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore lose miss misunderstand neglect pass release spend

WEAK

overlook teach

VERB

lucubrate

Synonyms

STRONG

coach cogitate consider cram dig examine excogitate grind inquire learn meditate mind peruse plug plunge ponder read refresh think tutor weigh

WEAK

apply oneself bone up brood over bury oneself in crack the books dive into go into go over hit the books learn the ropes mull over perpend polish up pore over read up think out think over

Antonyms

STRONG

dismiss disregard forget ignore neglect overlook

VERB

study

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consider examine learn ponder pore over read think

STRONG

coach cogitate cram dig excogitate grind inquire lucubrate meditate mind peruse plug plunge refresh tutor weigh

WEAK

apply oneself bone up brood over bury oneself in crack the books dive into go into go over hit the books learn the ropes mull over perpend polish up read up think out think over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disregard forget ignore neglect

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More than 50% of college coaches now start their football alphabet with a capital T. The other half burn midnight oil devising ways & means to stop it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the campus houses wholesale permission to burn midnight oil had been granted.

From Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

burn midnight oil

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