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shined up

shined up is the simple past and past participle of shine up.

Meaning of shine up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause to be shiny or more shiny.
  2. (intransitive) To be friendly in an attempt to impress; to suck up; to be overly solicitous; to attempt to ingratiate oneself.

Questions about shined up

What is shined up the simple past and past participle of?
Shined up is the simple past and past participle of shine up.

Words near shined up in the dictionary

  1. shined down upon
  2. shined light on
  3. shined off
  4. shined on
  5. shined through
  6. shined up
  7. shinedst
  8. shineful
  9. shineless
  10. shiner
  11. shiners

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