broad daylight

broad daylight

During the daytime, when anyone can see what's happening. The gangland feud is getting so bad that people are being shot in broad daylight. What's the world coming to when even a nun gets robbed in broad daylight? Ugh, can you believe the seniors are making us wear these silly costumes in broad daylight?

See also: broad, daylight

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broad daylight

Ample and obvious natural light, as in You don't need your flashlight-it's broad daylight, or She was accosted on her own street in broad daylight. [1300s]

See also: broad, daylight

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