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daylight

[dey-lahyt]

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noun

the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.

public knowledge or awareness; openness: The newspaper article brought the scandal out into the daylight.

the period of day; daytime.

daybreak; dawn.

a clear space between any two parts that should be close together, as between the jambs of the opening of a doorway or the knees of a horseback rider and a saddle.

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daylights, mental soundness; consciousness; wits: The noise scared the daylights out of us.

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adjective

Photography. of, pertaining to, or being film made for exposure by the natural light of day.

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a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other.

a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals to be amplified and reproduced

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verb (used with object)

to suffuse (an interior space) with artificial light or with daylight filtered through translucent materials, as roofing panels.

Idiom

see daylight, to progress to a point where completion of a difficult task seems possible or probable.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see day, light¹

Related forms

pre·day·light, noun

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daylight (ˈdeɪˌlaɪt)

—n
1.	a. light from the sun
	b. (as modifier): daylight film
2.	the period when it is light; daytime
3.	daybreak
4.	see daylight
	a. to understand something previously obscure
	b. to realize that the end of a difficult task is approaching

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Word Origin & History

daylight

c.1300, from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim

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of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.

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Idioms & Phrases

daylight

In addition to the idiom beginning with daylight, also see beat the living daylights out of; begin to see daylight; in broad daylight; let daylight through; scare out of one's wits (the living daylights out of).