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burns daylight

burns daylight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn daylight.

Meaning of burn daylight

Verb

burn daylight (third-person singular simple present burns daylight, present participle burning daylight, simple past and past participle burned daylight or burnt daylight)

  1. (intransitive) To use artificial light during the daytime when one could simply use the sunlight.
    • O, Madam, no candles yet, I beseech you ; don't let us burn daylight.1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, page 364
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To waste time.
    • Mercutio. Come, we burn daylight, ho! Romeo. Nay, that's not so. Mercutio. I mean, sir, in delay. We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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What is burns daylight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Burns daylight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn daylight.

Words near burns daylight in the dictionary

  1. burns a hole in someone's pocket
  2. burns away
  3. burns bread
  4. burns coal
  5. Burns Creek
  6. burns daylight
  7. Burns dinner
  8. burns down
  9. burns in
  10. burns in hell
  11. Burns Night

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