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shine up
verb
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
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She is playing up to the chairman

Syn: ↑cozy up, ↑cotton up, ↑play up, ↑sidle up, ↑suck up
Hypernyms: ↑ingratiate
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

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intransitive verb
: to pay marked attention especially to one of the opposite sex — usually used with to

shined up to all the pretty girls


Useful english dictionary. 2012.