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shines down on

shines down on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine down on.

Meaning of shine down on

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!

Questions about shines down on

What is shines down on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shines down on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine down on.

Words near shines down on in the dictionary

  1. shineless
  2. shiner
  3. shiners
  4. shines
  5. shines a light on
  6. shines down on
  7. shines down upon
  8. shines light on
  9. shines off
  10. shines on
  11. shines through

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shines down on (page history and authors); shine down on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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