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burn
(redirected from burning the candle at both ends)

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burn verb blaze, blister, brand, burn to a cinder, burst into flame, catch fire, cauterize, char, conflagrate, consume, cremate, deflagrate, enkindle, fire, flame up, flare, gut, ignite, incandesce, incendiarize, incinerate, inflame, kindle, light up, melt, overheat, parch, relume, scald, scorch, scorify, sear, seethe, singe, sizzle, smelt, smolder, strike a light, vesicate
Associated concepts: arson, revocation of wills
See also: consume, deflagrate, destroy, efface, expend


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But while the bar owner is burning the candle at both ends trying to do the work of three people, it's no cakewalk for his ex-employees.
My doctor gave me a physical, and after the test results came in, called me to say, "Your afternoon feelings of fatigue are probably your body's response to burning the candle at both ends.
In the 90's we have found that the entertainment industry is not the only group burning the candle at both ends.
 
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