see daylight
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]see daylight (third-person singular simple present sees daylight, present participle seeing daylight, simple past saw daylight, past participle seen daylight) (idiomatic)
- To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
- To near completion of a lengthy task.
- I've been cataloguing my stamp album all weekend; now finally I'm beginning to see daylight.
- (chiefly in the negative) To become exposed to view; to be seen.
- I have a lot of old junk in the attic that hasn't seen daylight for years.
- The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, daylight.