shine up to

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Try to impress or please, be attentive to, as in George was always shining up to the teacher, or Her father warned her about men shining up to her for her money. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

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shine up to

"But I never thought to shine up to her, as you hint."

From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane

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

I'm not trying to shine up to her.

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

Still humming, she drew back a little and let her look shine up to his.

From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia

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