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See the light   /si ðə laɪt/   Listen
See the light

verb
1.
Change for the better.  Synonyms: reform, straighten out.  "The habitual cheater finally saw the light"






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"See the light" Quotes from Famous Books



... was sincere now. "I am married to a farm and laboring together with God. After hearing Terry's talk, I am more than ever determined to continue to do my part, working in the light as He gives me the power to see the light." ...
— The Story of the Soil • Cyril G. Hopkins

... uncovering himself again, though his manner betrayed profound personal respect rather than the deference of the vulgar, "I was born in the city of palaces, though it was my fortune first to see the light beneath a humble roof. The poorest of us are proud of the splendor of Genova la Superba, even if its glory has come ...
— The Headsman - The Abbaye des Vignerons • James Fenimore Cooper

... those pupils without sight and without life, and then look at the rest of you, it seems impossible to me that you should not all be happy. Think of it! there are about twenty-six thousand blind persons in Italy! Twenty-six thousand persons who do not see the light—do you understand? An army which would employ four hours in ...
— Cuore (Heart) - An Italian Schoolboy's Journal • Edmondo De Amicis

... fearlessness of responsibility, which actuate himself; and at the same time to observe how severe the strain was upon his nervous and irritable temper, as betrayed in comments upon these very persons, made in private letters which he never expected would see the light. ...
— The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain • A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

... window. The night was very still. She could hear the voices of the servants in the dining-room round the angle of the house, and see the light from its windows lying in frames upon the grass. Then the light went ...
— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason


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