daylight
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
daylight/ˈdeɪlʌɪt/
▶noun
- 1 the natural light of the day.
■ dawn.
- 2 visible distance between one person or thing and another.
– phrases
—— the living daylights out of do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity: he beat the living daylights out of them.
see daylight begin to understand something.
—— the living daylights out of do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity: he beat the living daylights out of them.
see daylight begin to understand something.
'daylight' also found in these Oxford entries:
ADT
- alexandrite
- broad
- CDT
- daylight robbery
- daylight saving time
- EDT
- local colour
- MDT
- PDT
- season
- summer time
- white light
