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shine

2 noun
     
shine2
1 [singular, uncountable] the brightness that something has when light shines on it:
Lucy's dark hair seemed to have lost its shine.
2

take a shine to somebody

informal to like someone very much when you have only just met them

➔ (come) rain or shine

at rain1 (4)
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