see daylight (English, verb)
expansion: see daylight (third-person singular simple present sees daylight, present participle seeing daylight, simple past saw daylight, past participle seen daylight)
expansion: (idiomatic)
Senses:
glosses: To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To near completion of a lengthy task.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To become exposed to view; to be seen.
tags: idiomatic
raw_tags: in the negative
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, daylight.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: sees daylight
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seeing daylight
tags: participle
present
form: saw daylight
tags: past
form: seen daylight
tags: participle
past