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see the light

Speech parts

1. see the light - Verb

2. see the light - Phrase

Meaning

change for the better

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The lazy student promised to reform Source: Internet

the habitual cheater finally saw the light Source: Internet

LOSHONKOHL: So what is really discouraging about this is I was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of paying off that debt. Source: Internet

Brackett (2007) p. 37. He also recalled in 1995 that "Peter basically ceased to see the light with Fleetwood Mac and had aspirations of playing for nothing in strange places--none of which really happened. Source: Internet

Alas, it bombed hard at the box office, and it’s highly unlikely that a sequel will ever see the light of day. Source: Internet

A. I have several manuscripts stored in the basement that should never see the light of day: a romance, a Regency romance, and a mystery. Source: Internet

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