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scare the daylights out of
Variant of daylight
noun
- the light of day; sunlight
- dawn; daybreak
- full understanding or knowledge of something hidden or obscure
- the approaching end of a task or an ordeal: to see daylight ahead
- Slang the eyes
- Informal consciousness: often used hyperbolically, as in
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