see daylight
Verb
Meaning
To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
To near completion of a lengthy task.
I've been cataloguing my stamp album all weekend; now finally I'm beginning to see daylight.
(chiefly in the negative) To become exposed to view; to be seen.
I have a lot of old junk in the attic that hasn't seen daylight for years.
The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, daylight.
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But till we don’t persuade the mother of terrorist outfits—Pakistan, such talks whether it is direct or indirect might have not see daylight.
Giuliani's statement correcting himself came just a day after he said, "You won't see daylight between me and the president."
On December 21, people south of the Antarctic Circle see daylight for 24 hours as they circle around the South Pole as Earth rotates.
“If you can see daylight around the door when it is closed from the inside of the structure, then the weather stripping is not creating a good seal and insects can get in,” she said.
I’ve always described my composition method as something akin to entering a forest at midnight, and walking into branches until I see daylight.
There’s so much that I want to share and I anticipate that this will be the first of several blogs that share my adventure, though I’m not making any promises about precisely when they’ll see daylight.