Definitions
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- adjective turning lights on
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Examples
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I did question the idea behind telling the visually impaired the ‘lighting-up times’ though …
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I cleaned up my room and sat at the window watching the red and gold of one of the most glorious of winter sunrises, and the slow lighting-up of one peak after another.
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Under-18s would also be excluded from designated smoking areas, such as the lighting-up sections of restaurants.
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The Gauteng provincial government was encouraged to conduct a feasibility study into lighting-up the major roads and freeways in the province.
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Van Vuuren also said the lighting-up of Ndaleni and Magoda was one of the means being put in place to assist the patrolling contingent of police and army members.
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He grinned suddenly, a big mischievous lighting-up of the passive patient face.
Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967
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Who would ask for better entertainment than to watch the lighting-up of bright eyes, and the parting of rosy lips, or the thousand other bewitchments of youth and beauty?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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The Christmas came and went with a great lighting-up of the Elderkin house; and there were green garlands which Rose and Adèle have plaited over the mantel, and over the stiff family portraits; and good Phil -- in the character of Santa Claus -- has stuffed the stockings of all the grandchildren, and -- in the character of the bashful lover -- has played like a moth about the blazing eyes of Adèle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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Evidently the magic hour of lighting-up was at hand, for when they had passed through the green baize door which shut off the servants 'premises, they found themselves in a brightly-lit passage, at the end of which Mrs. Blades' voice could be heard energetically exhorting a maid to "be quick and take these lamps."
The Making of a Soul Kathlyn Rhodes
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When the tyre was mended, something went wrong with the electric ignition, and altogether the repairs proved such a tedious job that they could not make a fresh start until close upon lighting-up time.
The Motor Pirate G. Sidney Paternoster
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