daylight robbery

See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

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[highway robbery] {n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[robbery] See: [HIGHWAY ROBBERY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[daylight saving time] also [daylight saving] or [daylight time] or [fast time] {n.} A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[see daylight] {v. phr.}, {informal} To know that an end or success is near. * /We thought we would never finish building the house, but now we can see daylight./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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