noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of daylight form-of, plural, plural-only
2. 2
   A person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting). plural, plural-only, slang

   "Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights."

3. 3
   Mental soundness; wits; consciousness. colloquial, plural, plural-only

   "It scared the daylights out of us!"

Synonyms

All synonyms

break of daycrack of dawndawndaydaydaybreak

Example

More examples

"It scared the daylights out of him."

Related phrases

beat the daylights out ofknock the daylights out ofknock the living daylights out ofscare the daylights out ofscare the living daylights out of

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