to make something seem less perfect or less good; to partly spoil something:
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Take the shine off ( something )
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Shows somebody over it
to lead someone around a place that they are visiting in a formal or official way, while telling them about it:
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To content themselves with them
to do something or have something although it is not exactly what you want:
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Creeps over her
If a bad feeling creeps over someone, the person gradually starts to feel it:
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Creeping over them
If a bad feeling creeps over someone, the person gradually starts to feel it:
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Smiled on you
to feel positive about something or someone, or to treat it, him, or her in a very positive way:
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Rearing above something
to appear very tall and big in comparison with another thing or person:
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Dawns on them
If a fact dawns on you, you understand it after a period of not understanding it:
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Making up to someone
to be too friendly to someone or to praise them in order to get advantages for yourself:
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Reamed one out
to tell someone off severely because you strongly disapprove of their behaviour:
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Showing one out
to go to the door of the building with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving: