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Under favorable circumstances, as in They thought he'd make a wonderful mayor, but they'd only seen him in a good light , or The book portrayed their actions in a good light . Both this expression and its antonym, in a bad light , transfer physical light in which something can (or cannot) be seen clearly to figurative use. The literal terms date from the early 1500s.Advertisement
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