daylight robbery
The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
ADJ
broad, full
The accident happened in full daylight, so the witnesses could see everything clearly.
natural
The natural daylight coming through the big windows made the office a pleasant place to work.
VERB + DAYLIGHT
let in
The large windows in our kitchen let in plenty of daylight during the morning.
shut out
The thick curtains in the bedroom shut out the daylight completely.
emerge into
After hours underground, the miners finally emerged into daylight at the end of their shift.
DAYLIGHT + VERB
filter through sth, flood in, penetrate sth
The bright morning sun penetrated every corner of the empty warehouse.
break
When daylight breaks, the birds start singing in the garden.
fade
As we walked home, daylight faded and the streetlights began to flicker on.
DAYLIGHT + NOUN
hours
We can see the mountains clearly during daylight hours when the sun is high.
PREP
before ~
The farmer started working before daylight every morning during harvest season.
by ~
The hikers preferred to travel by daylight rather than risk the mountain paths after dark.
in ~
She prefers to do her gardening in daylight rather than wait until evening.
into the ~
After spending hours in the dark cinema, we stepped out into the daylight and squinted at the bright sun.
PHRASES
the hours of daylight
We try to finish our outdoor work during the hours of daylight.