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rise and shine

rise and shine verb: used to wish someone happiness upon waking up.

Verb

rise and shine (third-person singular simple present rises and shines, present participle rising and shining, simple past rose and shone, past participle risen and shone)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative) Used to wish someone happiness upon waking up
    • Near-synonym: get up
    • Good morning, little Martin; rise and shine!

Noun

rise and shine

  1. A traditional call for the number twenty-nine.

Synonyms of rise and shine

Forms of rise and shine

third-person singular presentrises and shines
present participlerising and shining
pastrose and shone
past participlerisen and shone

Origin of rise and shine

Presumably Isaiah 60:1.

Questions about rise and shine

What does rise and shine mean?
Rise and shine means used to wish someone happiness upon waking up.
What part of speech is rise and shine?
Rise and shine can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rise and shine?
The past tense of rise and shine is rose and shone.

Words near rise and shine in the dictionary

  1. Risdon
  2. Risdon Vale
  3. Risdons
  4. rise
  5. rise above
  6. rise and shine
  7. rise form
  8. rise forms
  9. rise from the ashes
  10. rise from the dead
  11. Rise of the West

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