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in someone's light

in someone's light prepositional phrase: blocking someone's light, especially when someone is attempting to see a particular thing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Blocking someone's light, especially when someone is attempting to see a particular thing.
    • You're in my light. Move it!

Questions about in someone's light

What does in someone's light mean?
In someone's light means blocking someone's light, especially when someone is attempting to see a particular thing.
What part of speech is in someone's light?
In someone's light is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in someone's light in the dictionary

  1. in someone's corner
  2. in someone's day
  3. in someone's debt
  4. in someone's eyes
  5. in someone's face
  6. in someone's light
  7. in someone's pocket
  8. in someone's shoes
  9. in someone's time
  10. in someone's view
  11. in someone's vocabulary

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