daylights

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mental soundness, wits, consciousness

They beat the living daylights out of us.'.

plural form of daylight
mental soundness, wits
If you knock the living daylights out of someone, or beat the living daylights out of them, you hit them very hard many times
{i} eyes (very old slang for human eyes)
If someone or something scares the living daylights out of you, they make you feel extremely scared
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To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows
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The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight
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Exposure to public scrutiny

Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.

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To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally
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To allow light in, as by drawing drapes
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Daybreak

We had only two hours to work before daylight.

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The space between platens on a press or similar machinery

The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.

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Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement

We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.

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A clear, open space

Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.

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To expose to daylight
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To gain exposure to the open

The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.

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A light source that simulates daylight
knock the living daylights out of
To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious
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{n} the light that is afforded by the day
Beat the living daylights out of
(deyim) 1. Fig. to defeat someone very badly.2. Fig. Inf. to batter someone severely
beat the living daylights out
(deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
knock the living daylights out
(deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
scare the living daylights out
(deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
Scare the daylights out of
frighten deeply, scare very much
beat the living daylights out of him
beat him out of shape, hit him senselessly, knocked him unconscious
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a type of light used in a commercial light box to simulate natural daylight The correct technical definition is as follows: Daylight is a light source providing a color temperature of 6500+/-200 K at an illumination of 90 to 120 ft/candles This source is typically provided by four filtered 750 W Tungsten Halogen lamps The daylight filters must be certified by the manufacturer to ensure consistency of the transmitted color temperature between each filter/location The resulting spectral power distribution of the transmitted light must be maintained to confirm to that of the filter manufacturer's standard (K = Kelvin)
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The eyes
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Direct sunlight and light reflected from the sky combine to produce a natural ambient light with a color temperature of around 5500K
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emphasis If you say that a crime is committed in broad daylight, you are expressing your surprise that it is done during the day when people can see it, rather than at night. A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight
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In the restoration field, a verb that denotes the excavation and restoration of a stream channel from an underground culvert, covering, or pipe
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The end of a pipe (the terminal end) that is not attached to anything
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The light from the sun, as opposed to that from any other source
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(SEE WHITE BALANCE SETTING BELOW)
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The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light
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the light from the sun and the sky
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Daylight is the time of day when it begins to get light. Quinn returned shortly after daylight yesterday morning
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Vampires are forced to stay inside during the day as direct contact with sunlight will cause them to combust
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The period of time between sunrise and sunset
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the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
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{i} light of day
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light during the daytime
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Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark. Lack of daylight can make people feel depressed
to beat the living daylights out of him
break his bones, beat him senseless, hit him
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