n.1 the light of day.
2 dawn (before daylight).
3 a openness, publicity. b open knowledge.
4 a visible gap or interval, e.g. between boats in a race.
5 (usu. in pl.) sl. one's life or consciousness (orig. the internal organs) esp. as representing vulnerability to fear, attack, etc. (scared the daylights out of me; beat the living daylights out of them).
Phrases and idioms:
daylight robbery colloq. a blatantly excessive charge. daylight saving the achieving of longer evening daylight, esp. in summer, by setting the time an hour ahead of the standard time. see daylight begin to understand what was previously obscure.