the natural light of the day: [as modifier]:the daylight hours
the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn:I returned at daylight
an appreciable distance or difference between one person or thing and another:their views on education are so close that it’s difficult to see daylight between themthe growing daylight between himself and the leading jockey
—— the living daylights out of
do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity:he beat the living daylights out of themhe can scare the living daylights out of a cinema audience
[from daylights meaning 'eyes', hence 'any vital organ']
see daylight
1gain public exposure or attention:old photographs that rarely see daylight
2begin to understand what was previously puzzling or unclear:Sam saw daylight. ‘You think he might be your father?’
