idiom · informal
pull an all-nighter
UK/pʊl ən ˈɔːlˌnaɪtə/US/pʊl ən ˈɔːlˌnaɪtər/pull·an·all·NIGHT·er
speakingtask2
to stay awake all night, usually to study or finish work
Examples
“I had to pull an all-nighter to finish my dissertation.”
“Avoid pulling all-nighters too often; they hurt your concentration.”
“She pulled an all-nighter before the exam and felt exhausted the next day.”
Band 8 sentence
“I try to avoid pulling all-nighters since I perform worse the following day.”
Collocations
- pull an all-nighter to finish
- frequent all-nighters
Word family
pull an all-nighter verb phraseall-nighter noun
Common mistakes
pull all-nighter→pull an all-nighter
do an all-nighter→pull an all-nighter
Say it for a higher band
5stay up late→6study all night→7+pull an all-nighter
Synonyms
stay up all night
Easily confused
cram for
“I crammed for the biology test the whole evening.”
stay up late
“I stayed up late watching a movie.”
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