English

Prepositional phrase

in broad daylight

1. In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
   • 2008, Shelley Shelton, "Streaking fireball a vivid spectacle in daytime sky," Arizona Daily Star, 23 Aug. (retrieved 22 Sep. 2008):

     A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.

2. (idiomatic) In a blatant and publicly visible manner.
   • 2008, Brian Benntt, "When Iraqis Come to America," Time, 24 Jan.:

     It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.

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