take the shine out of

English

Verb

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)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To outshine or eclipse.

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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