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see the light of day

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see the light of day

to be made available or be known about The company agreed the ad was an embarrassment and promised it would never again see the light of day.

See also: light, of, see

see the light of day

Be published, brought out, or born. For example, I wonder if her book will ever see the light of day, or The family reunion was a disaster, and I wish the idea for it had never seen the light of day , or When we visited Pittsburgh, we saw where Mom had first seen the light of day. [Early 1700s]

See also: light, of, see