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daylight noun in horse racing, the non-existent second-place finisher in a race won by a large margin. Used with humour AUSTRALIA, 1989. ► he (she) wouldn't give you daylight in a dark cornersaid of a person with a reputation for meanness. Glasgow use UK, 1988
idiomdaylightin broad daylightif something, especially a crime, happens in broad daylight, it happens in the daytime when people can easily see it:Nowadays, old people are attacked in broad daylight and robbed of their pensions.In the downtown area, prostitutes wait for customers in broad daylight.see daylight1 to begin to understand something:I think I'm beginning to see daylight in this affair.After listening for several minutes, I suddenly saw daylight.2 to be discovered or noticed:I had written a novel, but I did not think it would ever see daylight.
See:- beat the (living) daylights out of (one)
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the hell out of
- beat the living daylights out of
- beat the living daylights out of someone
- beat the living daylights out of, to
- beat/scare the daylights out of somebody
- begin to see daylight
- broad daylight
- burn daylight
- can’t find one’s butt with both hands in broad daylight
- can't find (one's) butt with both hands in broad daylight
- daylight robbery
- frighten the (living) daylights out of (someone)
- frighten the daylights out of
- frighten the hell out of
- highway robbery
- in broad daylight
- knock the (living) daylights out of (one)
- knock the daylights out of
- knock the living daylights out of
- let daylight through
- scare out of one's wits
- scare the (living) daylights out of (someone)
- scare the living daylights out of someone
- see daylight
- the living daylights
- there is no daylight between (two things)
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