Definition of see the light

see the light

verb

• to realize a truth.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Chapter 12", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
generate more heat than light	Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)
green light	Definitions include: to approve a plan.
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights down	Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
light up	Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
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Other terms relating to 'see':
AFAICS	Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see".
go see the elephant	Definitions include: This was a nineteen century saying meaning going to see the world, especially adventures in the West.
have a look see	Definitions include: to examine.
ic	Definitions include: "I see".
ICUP	Definitions include: "I see you pee", i.e. "I see you urinate".
long time, no see.	Definitions include: a greeting.
Monkey see Monkey do	Definitions include: A slang way of saying copying, or mimicking. Compare to: Copycat or follower. The homies want to be like me so much they copy everything I say and do, I call that [Monkey see Monkey do].
see	Definitions include: to date.
see a man about a dog	Definitions include: to defecate.
see a man about a horse	Definitions include: to go to the bathroom and urinate.
see a man about a mule	Definitions include: to urinate.
see eye-to-eye	Definitions include: to understand another person's viewpoint.
seeing to	Definitions include: sex.
see me	Definitions include: to meet to fight someone; to want to fight someone; to fight; to agree to fight.
see Mr. H	Definitions include: to become high.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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