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What does "shade" mean?
in the shade
or into the shade- in (or into) darkness or shadow
- 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
- the increasing darkness, as of evening
- the world of the dead; Hades
- the disembodied spirits of the dead, collectively
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