- (the) graveyard shift
- a period of time late at night, when people have to work, often in hospitals or factories.
I'm working the graveyard shift this week.
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(the) graveyard shift
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graveyard shift — {n. phr.} The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. * / Why are you always so sleepy in class? Professor Brown asked Sam. Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to… … Dictionary of American idioms
