Usually means: Realize truth or gain understanding.
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  1. see the light: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. see the light: Merriam-Webster
  3. see the light: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. see the light: Collins English Dictionary
  5. see the light: Vocabulary.com
  6. see the light: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. see the light: Wiktionary
  8. see the light: Dictionary.com
  9. See the Light (Bo Bice album), See the Light (Jeff Healey album), See the Light (Less Than Jake album), See the Light (The Hours album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. see the light: Rhymezone
  11. see the light: FreeDictionary.org
  12. see the light: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. see the light: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. see the light: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. see the light: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. see the light: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (see the light)

verb:  (idiomatic, religious) To undergo a spiritual conversion.
verb:  (idiomatic) To gain an understanding of something previously not understood, especially in a sudden insight.
verb:  (idiomatic) To come into the world or to public notice.

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