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daylight robbery

idiom

The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    burn daylight

    To waste time.

  2. 02

    highway robbery

    Excessive or exorbitant prices.

  3. 03

    put daylight between oneself and someone

    To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.

  4. 04

    see daylight

    To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.

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