broad daylight
Completely open view
Broad daylight is the full light of day, when visibility is at its maximum.
The phrase almost always emphasizes that something happened openly or publicly, often something surprising or illicit: The robbery occurred in broad daylight.
The broad suggests the sun at its widest reach, leaving no shadows to hide in.
- natural lightIllumination from the sun
- light of dayNatural daytime illumination
- brazennessShameless, defiant boldness
- daytimeSunlit portion of day
- sunlightRadiance from our star
bright sunlight · sunshine · audacity · conspicuousness · sun · blatant · witnessed · visibility · clear view · plain view · bright · afternoon · noon · boldness · in plain sight · out in the open · wide open · public display
broad daylightdead of night
Darkest part of evening
pitch darkness · middle of the night · darkness · nighttime · pitch black
broad daylightin the shadows
in secret · behind closed doors · out of sight · in hiding · covertly
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