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• save the day — {v. phr.} To bring about victory or success, especially when defeat is likely. * /The forest fire was nearly out of control when suddenly it rained heavily and saved the day./ * /The team was behind, but at the last minute Sam saved the day with… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• save the day — {v. phr.} To bring about victory or success, especially when defeat is likely. * /The forest fire was nearly out of control when suddenly it rained heavily and saved the day./ * /The team was behind, but at the last minute Sam saved the day with… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• carry the day — {v. phr.}, {informal} To win completely; to succeed in getting one s aim accomplished. * /The defense attorney s summary before the jury helped him carry the day./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• carry the day — {v. phr.}, {informal} To win completely; to succeed in getting one s aim accomplished. * /The defense attorney s summary before the jury helped him carry the day./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• To win the day — Day Day (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Officer of the day — Officer Of fi*cer, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Order of the day — Order Or der, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English