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What does "shade" mean?

in the shade

or into the shade
  1. in (or into) darkness or shadow
  2. in (or into) comparative obscurity, or a position of minor importance

shades of

something reminding one of something (or someone) past shades of Prohibition!

the shades

  1. the increasing darkness, as of evening
    1. the world of the dead; Hades
    2. the disembodied spirits of the dead, collectively

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