in broad daylight

prep_phrase
/ɪn bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/UK/ɪn bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/US/ɪn bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/

Etymology

From in + broad daylight.

Definitions

  1. In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.

    • A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
  2. 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