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limelight

/ˈlaɪm.laɪt/ verb C2
  1. to illuminate with limelight

He/she/it limelights · Past limelighted · Past participle limelighted · -ing form limelighting

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Verb forms

Base form
limelight
He/she/it
limelights
Past
limelighted
Past participle
limelighted
-ing form
limelighting

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He was willing to do that, for he was a true son of the great city of razzle-dazzle, and to him one evening in the limelight made up for many dark ones.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 27 · C1

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