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shine on

verb
  1. To continue to excel. (informal, intransitive) · Keep shining on, champion!
  2. To humor (someone) or be condescending to (someone); to pretend to take (someone) seriously; to tell a tall tale; to pull someone's leg. (US, informal, transitive)
  3. To deliberately insult or aggravate (someone). (US, informal, transitive)
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It’s a ray of light which will forever shine on the darkness of a path severed from thee, Diana.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 125 · C1

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