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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: daylights /ˈdeɪˌlaɪts/ pl n - consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
day•light /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the period of light during a day:In December in Sweden there is hardly any daylight.
- daybreak;
dawn:Attack at daylight. - public knowledge or awareness;
openness:When this information is brought to daylight, the mayor will have a lot of explaining to do. - daylights, wits:You scared the daylights out of me.
adj. [ before a noun] - done, used, or taking place in daylight:a daring, daylight robbery at the bank.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024day•light (dā′līt′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -light•ed or -lit, -light•ing. n. - 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.
- daylights, mental soundness;
consciousness;
wits:The noise scared the daylights out of us. - Idioms see daylight, to progress to a point where completion of a difficult task seems possible or probable.
adj. - Photographyof, pertaining to, or being film made for exposure by the natural light of day.
v.t. - Buildingto suffuse (an interior space) with artificial light or with daylight filtered through translucent materials, as roofing panels.
- 1175–1225; Middle English; see day, light1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: daylight /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ n - light from the sun
- daybreak
- see daylight ⇒ to understand something previously obscure
- to realize that the end of a difficult task is approaching
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