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Catchword for “open up daylight”
Catchword: open up daylight
Part of Speechv. phr.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Bellamy Road, who not only opened up daylight (that’s equine parlance for “a can of whoop-ass") on his rivals at last weekend’s Wood Memorial (huh, you said…Oh, shut it) but also broke a 13-year-old stakes record in the process.
Article or Document Title:
“Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Equines” (URL)
Author:
Kat Thompson
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
SportsFan Magazine
Date of Publication:
Apr. 14, 2005
This cite belongs to a full entry for open (up) daylight.
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