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Meanings of see daylight in English

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Usage of see daylight in English
1
You breathe easily in vast and brilliant foyers that never see daylight.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
2
Though his eyes refused to focus, he thought he could see daylight.
The apostle
3
I'm not clear yet altogether, but I see daylight on several points.
The Unwilling Vestal
4
At last you see daylight; now, take to your heels and fly!
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 10
5
I am not sure how many of us will see daylight.
The Guardian
6
You see daylight on both sides, and the sun freckles the very bracken.
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
7
Give me Magdalen, with all her perversities; I can see daylight through her.
No Name
8
What chance is there that the diary will ever see daylight?
Level 7
9
Bring hither my blunderbuss; I'll warrant ye you shall see daylight through them.
The History of John Bull
10
I see daylight ahead at last, bright between the dark stems.
Prose Idylls, New and Old
11
Why should they care if their tenants can see daylight through the walls?
Venus In Copper
12
It's no use trying to see daylight two hours before dawn.
The Street Called Straight
13
Keep a grip on him or we'll never see daylight again.
The White Waterfall
14
Take a turn now, La Roche, and dig upwards; we should see daylight soon.
Ungava
15
I'll thank the Lord when I get out of it and see daylight again.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
16
Besides, I see daylight for a third and larger edition.
Women in the Life of Balzac
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See daylight through the time
See daylight across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common