"light up like a Christmas tree" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lights up like a Christmas tree [present, singular, third-person], lighting up like a Christmas tree [participle, present], lit up like a Christmas tree [participle, past], lit up like a Christmas tree [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|light<,,lit> up like a Christmas tree|head=light up like a Christmas tree}} light up like a Christmas tree (third-person singular simple present lights up like a Christmas tree, present participle lighting up like a Christmas tree, simple past and past participle lit up like a Christmas tree)
  1. (informal, simile) To become very brightly lit. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-light_up_like_a_Christmas_tree-en-verb-loj-jwft Categories (other): English similes, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (figurative) To become very bright and cheerful. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-light_up_like_a_Christmas_tree-en-verb-Cb2UsHzD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: light up a room

Inflected forms

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        "To become very brightly lit."
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        "(informal, simile) To become very brightly lit."
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        "(figurative) To become very bright and cheerful."
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