Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To be dismissive towards (someone or something, e.g. questions, concerns).

    They keep asking, but she keeps shining them off.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The moon was shining off the lake.

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  2. This situation will take the shine off your reputation here.

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Forms

shines off, shining off, shined off, shined off
Base formshine off · to shine off
3rd person singularshines off
Present participleshining off
Past simpleshined off / shone off
Past participleshined off / shone off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshine off
he, she, itshines off

Past simpleLesson

all personsshined off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shined off
he, she, ithas shined off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shine off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shinshinboneshineA2shingleshinyB1
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