OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 44050

in broad daylight

/ɪn bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
a la luz del día
In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
a plena luz del día
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.
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