"shine up" meaning in English

See shine up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: shines up [present, singular, third-person], shining up [participle, present], shined up [participle, past], shined up [past], shone up [participle, past], shone up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shine<,,:shone> up}} shine up (third-person singular simple present shines up, present participle shining up, simple past and past participle shined up or shone up)
  1. (transitive) To cause to be shiny or more shiny. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shine_up-en-verb-9kgjmVje
  2. (intransitive) To be friendly in an attempt to impress; to suck up; to be overly solicitous; to attempt to ingratiate oneself. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-shine_up-en-verb-TSh-XzqM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause to be shiny or more shiny."
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        "(intransitive) To be friendly in an attempt to impress; to suck up; to be overly solicitous; to attempt to ingratiate oneself."
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