It's nothing I've ever heard in that context but feels like the type of slang that can develop quite easily. When I was in college we did have all sorts of non-standard expressions. Kind of like thieves' cant perhaps.No. 'Oil it' is not possible here, in BrE, at least.
Kind of like thieves' cant perhaps.
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Does "burn the midnight oil" and "oil it" mean the same?
Can I say:I had so many essays to check that I had to oil it for three consecutive nights.
The key word is 'cant', pronounced /kænt/ - or is that not the problem?I can't seem to work out what this means or what it derives from.
The key word is 'cant', pronounced /kænt/ - or is that not the problem?
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