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Burn daylight

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To use artificial light during the daytime when one could simply use the sunlight.

    "O, Madam, no candles yet, I beseech you ; don't let us burn daylight."

  2. 2
    To waste time. idiomatic

    "Mercutio. Come, we burn daylight, ho! Romeo. Nay, that's not so. Mercutio. I mean, sir, in delay. We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day."

Etymology

Originally a reference to burning candles during the day.

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