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to pull a lionel 

sacrificing sleep in return for extra time of working or studying (cramming), usually lasting all night.

Derived from Lionel Richie's classic from the 80's "All Night Long" and commonly posted along with it on social media platforms.

Modern synonym for "to pull an all-nighter".
I'll need to pull a lionel to handle this amount of work.

on a chat ...
(Aussie): what R u doin' up that late?
(You): pulling a lionel
(Aussie): that's ridiculously WHACK!

how long you been studying for the exam?
- took me a double-lionel.
respect!
to pull a lionel by oliverski November 20, 2011

to pull a mcwolf 

To fall asleep (usually while doing something)
Tom: I can't believe you had to pull a mcwolf on us yesterday!
John: What? I don't remember that.
Tom: Exactly! You were asleep
to pull a mcwolf by AlShaytan October 26, 2020

To pull a sneaky 

1. When one purposely fucks with your mind.
2. To get Bamboozled.
Steve Ross: ‘Let’s go ahead and use a clean dry, big brush. I had a spare there, see, I pulled a sneaky on ya’

To pull a sneaky ~ 🤠 ~

to pull a kim dokja 

to randomly die and make everyone worry and then nonchalantly resurrect
“what does it mean to pull a kim dokja??”
“you die or almost die like an idiot and make everyone worry, but you miraculously and nonchalantly resurrect.”
to pull a kim dokja by yvriie October 13, 2022

To pull a 'Shuj' 

To abandon or desert overnight without a trace anywhere; move and start over somewhere unknown; To live off the grid; To go AWOL.
To pull a 'Shuj':
Fed up with drama and toxic, overposessive family dynamic, she finally pulled a Shuj, leaving everybody shell-shocked.
To pull a 'Shuj' by FreedomWriter2 November 18, 2019

To pull an Ole 

To avoid grading in school.
Liam wanted to pull an Ole; he wanted to skip the test.
To pull an Ole by agi_agic May 16, 2021