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shine on

shine on verb: to continue to excel.

Verb

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

  1. (imperative, informal, intransitive, usually) To continue to excel.
    • Keep shining on, champion!
  2. (US, informal, transitive) To humor (someone) or be condescending to (someone); to pretend to take (someone) seriously; to tell a tall tale; to pull someone's leg.
  3. (US, informal, transitive) To deliberately insult or aggravate (someone).

Forms of shine on

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

Questions about shine on

What does shine on mean?
Shine on means to continue to excel.
What part of speech is shine on?
Shine on is a verb.
What is the past tense of shine on?
The past tense of shine on is shined on.

Words near shine on in the dictionary

  1. shine down upon
  2. shine light on
  3. shine muscat
  4. shine muscats
  5. shine off
  6. shine on
  7. Shine the Light Law
  8. shine through
  9. shine up
  10. Shine-Dalgarno sequence
  11. Shine-Dalgarno sequences

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