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put daylight between oneself and someone

put daylight between oneself and someone verb: to increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.

Verb

put daylight between oneself and someone (third-person singular simple present puts daylight between oneself and someone, present participle putting daylight between oneself and someone, simple past and past participle put daylight between oneself and someone)

  1. (idiomatic) To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.

Forms of put daylight between oneself and someone

third-person singular presentputs daylight between oneself and someone
present participleputting daylight between oneself and someone
past participleput daylight between oneself and someone
pastput daylight between oneself and someone
alternative formcreate daylight between oneself and someone

Questions about put daylight between oneself and someone

What does put daylight between oneself and someone mean?
Put daylight between oneself and someone means to increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.
What part of speech is put daylight between oneself and someone?
Put daylight between oneself and someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of put daylight between oneself and someone?
The past tense of put daylight between oneself and someone is put daylight between oneself and someone.

Words near put daylight between oneself and someone in the dictionary

  1. put behind one
  2. put bread on the table
  3. put butter on one's bread
  4. put by
  5. put case
  6. put daylight between oneself and someone
  7. put down
  8. put down as
  9. put down for
  10. put down roots
  11. put down to

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