see the light of day en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To appear; to be published or disseminated.
We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years.
2025 November 26, Sir Michael Holden, “Good and bad in the Bill”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 15:True, the "Kings" seem capable amply of performing all that is required of them, but as it is now 18 years since the class first saw the light of day, it is perhaps hardly premature to anticipate a new express design from the G.W.R. within a not too long period.
1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 357:
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(idiomatic) To be realised.
Many projects were planned and started, but none saw the light of day.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| seen the light of day | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| seeing the light of day | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sees the light of day | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| saw the light of day | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
ro vedea lumina zilei (appear; be realised) · nb se dagens lys (appear; be realised) · fr voir le jour (appear; be realised) · cmn 誕生 /诞生 (appear; be realised) · el βλέπω το φως (appear; be realised) · hu napvilágot lát (appear; be realised) · de das Licht der Welt erblicken (appear; be realised) · az işıq üzü görmək (appear; be realised) · es ver la luz del día (appear; be realised) · hu valóra válik (appear; be realised) · cmn 實現 /实现 (appear; be realised) · fi nähdä päivänvalo (appear; be realised) · cmn 問世 /问世 (appear; be realised) · hu megvalósul (appear; be realised) · cmn 出現 /出现 (appear; be realised) · hu megszületik (appear; be realised) · pl ujrzeć światło dzienne (appear; be realised)