shine up to
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I don' believe it'll do yuh any good, suh, to try to shine up to tha' young lady.
From Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr
I wonder that city feller didn't shine up to her.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton
By the way, you might shine up to Hilda Farrand and join the rest of the fortune-hunters.
From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward
Still humming, she drew back a little and let her look shine up to his.
From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia
Fust he'd tried to shine up to Grace, but the shine—her part of it—had wore off.
From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
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