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shone up

shone 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 shone up

What is shone up the simple past and past participle of?
Shone up is the simple past and past participle of shine up.

Words near shone up in the dictionary

  1. shone down upon
  2. shone light on
  3. shone off
  4. shone on
  5. shone through
  6. shone up
  7. Shone's syndrome
  8. shoneen
  9. shoneens
  10. Shonell
  11. shonen

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