in broad daylight
prep_phrase/ɪn bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/UK/ɪn bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/US/ɪn bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
Etymology
From in + broad daylight.
Definitions
In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
- A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
In a blatant and publicly visible manner during the day.
- 'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?'
- It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for in broad daylight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA