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shine up to

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

From The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey

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

From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy

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 Charles Felton Pidgin

By the way, you might shine up to Hilda Farrand and join the rest of the fortune-hunters.

From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

I'm not trying to shine up to her.

From Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

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