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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To stay up all night, either voluntarily or because you can't fall asleep. It's the battle between your body begging for rest and your brain deciding it's the perfect time to overthink everything.

Examples

I pulled an all-nighter studying for the exam.

I couldn't sleep, I was up all night tossing and turning.

Regional synonyms

To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.