all-nighter

noun [C] informal

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› a time when you spend all night working: When a client presentation loomed, the team would work for 24 hours, and after this all-nighter they'd go out for a celebratory lunch.

(Definition of all-nighter noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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