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| day·light [ dáy lt ] |
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1. sunlight: natural light from the sun
  Open the curtains and let in some daylight.
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2. daytime: the part of the day when it is light
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3. daybreak: the time when light first appears in the sky at the beginning of a day
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4. public awareness: public knowledge, notice, or scrutiny
There are some secrets that they would prefer not to have exposed to daylight.
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5. visible gap: a visible gap between competitors in a race, showing the lead that one has over the other
There's definitely daylight now between the two boats as they approach the halfway mark.
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beat or knock or scare or frighten the living daylights out of somebody to beat or frighten somebody very severely (informal)
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in broad daylight in open daylight for all to see
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