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grin

verb [I]
 
 
/ɡrɪn/ (-nn-)

Definition

C2 to smile a wide smile: He grinned at me from the doorway. What are you grinning about?Laughing and smiling
(Definition of grin verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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