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shine down on

shine down on verb: to project benevolent or unfortunate qualities on (someone).

Verb

shine down on (third-person singular simple present shines down on, present participle shining down on, simple past and past participle shined down on or shone down on)

  1. (informal, transitive) To project benevolent or unfortunate qualities on (someone).
    • Let's hope luck is shining down on me today!

Forms of shine down on

third-person singular presentshines down on
present participleshining down on
past participleshined down on
pastshined down on
past participleshone down on
pastshone down on

Questions about shine down on

What does shine down on mean?
Shine down on means to project benevolent or unfortunate qualities on (someone).
What part of speech is shine down on?
Shine down on is a verb.
What is the past tense of shine down on?
The past tense of shine down on is shined down on.

Words near shine down on in the dictionary

  1. shindys
  2. shine
  3. shine a light on
  4. shine box
  5. shine boxes
  6. shine down on
  7. shine down upon
  8. shine light on
  9. shine muscat
  10. shine muscats
  11. shine off

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