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to shine someone on. (“i’m just shining you on”)

To falsely lead someone on, with a false but true-sounding idea or opinion.

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Example: To state that the game playing poo-stick (dropping sticks into a stream on one side of the bridge, and seeing which stick reaches the other side of the bridge first) is because the stick looks like poo, went it actually refers to a game played by winne the Pooh.

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