see_the_light (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *see the light*:
VERB	change	see the light, reform, straighten out	change for the better

English > *see the light*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	change for the better.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	reform, straighten out
Broader	better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate	Get better
Similar to	reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify	Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Spanish	corregirse, enmendarse, reformarse, reformar, ver la luz
Catalan	esmenar-se, reformar-se

HyperDic: see_the_light