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in the shadow of

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Definition of in the shadow of

1 : very close to
  • a town located in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains
2 : in a position of being unnoticed because all the attention is given to someone else
  • She grew up in the shadow of her very popular sister.

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shadow play

  1. : partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body

  2. : a reflected image

  3. : shelter from danger or observation

  1. : shelter, protect

  2. : to cast a shadow upon : cloud

  3. : to shelter from the sun

  1. : of, relating to, or resembling a shadow cabinet

  2. : having an indistinct pattern

  3. : having darker sections of design

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