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English
Etymology
From in + broad daylight.
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
in broad daylight
- In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
2008 August 23, Shelley Shelton, “Streaking fireball a vivid spectacle in daytime sky”, in Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz., archived from the original on 2008-09-07:A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
- (figurative) In a blatant and publicly visible manner during the day.
1934, Leslie Charteris, “The Uncritical Publisher”, in Ian Dickerson, editor, The Saint Intervenes, London: Mulholland Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 125:'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?'
2008 January 24, Brian Benntt, “When Iraqis Come to America”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.
Translations
in ample natural illumination
in a blatant and publicly visible manner
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