burn daylight (English, verb)
expansion: burn daylight (third-person singular simple present burns daylight, present participle burning daylight, simple past and past participle burned daylight or burnt daylight)
Senses:
glosses: To use artificial light during the daytime when one could simply use the sunlight.
glosses: To waste time.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: burns daylight
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: burning daylight
tags: participle
present
form: burned daylight
tags: participle
past
form: burned daylight
tags: past
form: burnt daylight
tags: participle
past
form: burnt daylight
tags: past