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first see the light of day

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first see the light of day 
1. Fig. to be born. My grandfather has taken care of me since I first saw the light of day.
2. Fig. to come into being. Bob's collection of short stories first saw the light of day in a privately printed edition three years ago.
See also: day, first, light, see


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Every married couple has a story about the wedding gift from hell -- the ceramic pink poodle ashtray, matching hand-knitted balaclavas, the electric ice tea maker -- you know, the kinds of things that spend decades in the back of a closet until they first see the light of day at a garage sale.
 
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