get one's shine box
get one's shine box verb: used as an insult.
Verb
get one's shine box (third-person singular simple present gets one's shine box, present participle getting one's shine box, simple past got one's shine box, past participle (UK) got one's shine box or (US) gotten one's shine box)
- Used as an insult.
- Make note of his stubby fingers and small hands – we all know what that means. When he responds with ever-increasing insults and shushing, tell him to go get his shinebox.2016 February 16, Ben Domenech, “At Tonight’s Debate, Take a Flamethrower to Trump”, in The Federalist (blog)
Forms of get one's shine box
| third-person singular present | gets one's shine box |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting one's shine box |
| past | got one's shine box |
| past participle UK | got one's shine box |
| past participle US | gotten one's shine box |
| alternative form | get one's shinebox |
Origin of get one's shine box
Popularized by the movie Goodfellas (1990), where the character William "Billy Batts" Bentvena uses the phrase in an insulting allusion to Tommy DeVito's previous job as a shoeshiner.
Questions about get one's shine box
- What does get one's shine box mean?
- Get one's shine box means used as an insult.
- What part of speech is get one's shine box?
- Get one's shine box is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get one's shine box?
- The past tense of get one's shine box is got one's shine box.
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