Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burnt the midnight oil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
burn-t the mid-night oil
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of burn the midnight oil

Questions

What does burnt the midnight oil mean?
simple past and past participle of burn the midnight oil

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