burnish
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It’s as important a record in the scheme of Drake’s ego as a “Mission: Impossible” movie is in the scheme of Tom Cruise’s: Burnish that brand, baby.
From New York Times • May 19, 2016
"Burnish the brain a bit and endeavour to find the way out."
From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Smooth thou his path ere it is trod; Burnish the arms that he must wield; And pray, with all thy strength, that God May crown him Victor of the field.
From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne
Burnish, burn′ish, v.t. to polish: to make bright by rubbing.—n. polish: lustre.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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