in broad daylight
For all to see
In broad daylight means during the daytime, when everything is clearly visible.
The phrase emphasizes that something happened openly, without concealment, often when such exposure seems brazen or shocking: They robbed the bank in broad daylight.
The broad suggests full, unobstructed daylight rather than dawn or dusk.
- morningDay's early hours
- brazenShamelessly bold
- bold as brassShamelessly audacious and forward
- visibleAble to be seen
- noonDay's exact middle
theft · robbery · street crime · crime scene · caught red-handed · daytime · plain sight · in plain view · daring · exposed · for all to see · audacious · conspicuous · unhidden · afternoon · witnessed · defiant · overt
in broad daylightin the dark
Uninformed about something
at night · in darkness · after dark · in the shadows · by night
in broad daylightin secret
Without others knowing
covertly · clandestinely · surreptitiously · behind closed doors · under the radar
broad, daylight, broadly, broaden, broadness, broader, broadest, breadth, light