"bright lights" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-bright lights.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} bright lights pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic) The glamour and glitz of a place, especially a big city. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-bright_lights-en-noun-E1VzUQnL
  2. (informal) Surgery. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Synonyms: bright lights and cold steel, cold steel and bright lights
    Sense id: en-bright_lights-en-noun-pITAWKmn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 13 87

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