broad daylight

Idioms  

1. Ample and obvious natural light, as in You don't need your flashlight—it's broad daylight, or She was accosted on her own street in broad daylight. [1300s]

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broad daylight

But now, a prominent wing of the movement is adopting a different tack, called “open rescue”: They announce their plans and execute them in broad daylight, all but inviting arrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

When it dawned on the teacher what was happening in broad daylight and in front of other motorists and pedestrians, her initial feeling was of disbelief.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

So he did, in broad daylight, one afternoon in 1983—went right across the Rio Grande, the Rio Bravo del Norte, as they called it in Chihuahua.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

But rarely have so many taken the risk, and in broad daylight to boot.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025

Get off your bottom and find a better way to say it. broad daylight.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner