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"form": "seeing daylight",
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"form": "saw daylight",
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"To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem."
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"text": "I've been cataloguing my stamp album all weekend; now finally I'm beginning to see daylight.",
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"To near completion of a lengthy task."
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"text": "The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.",
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"To become exposed to view; to be seen."
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"(chiefly in the negative) To become exposed to view; to be seen."
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, daylight."
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"(chiefly in the negative) To become exposed to view; to be seen."
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