Meaning Of The Word Burn the candle at both ends

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Burn the candle at both ends Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Burn the candle at both ends?
burn the candle at both ends in British English
to be excessively active or immoderate, as by leading an active social life by night and a busy work life by day to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work to try to do too much, by regularly going to bed very late and getting up early in the morning to work or, esp., play too much so that one's energy is dissipated |
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