take the shine out of
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
take the shine out of (third-person singular simple present takes the shine out of, present participle taking the shine out of, simple past took the shine out of, past participle taken the shine out of)
- (transitive, colloquial) To outshine or eclipse.
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary