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from one day to the next

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Definition of from one day to the next

: every day
  • She changes her mind from one day to the next.
: on any given day
  • You never know from one day to the next what's going to happen to you.

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day play

  1. : the time of light between one night and the next

  2. : daylight

  3. : daytime

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next play

  1. : immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)

  2. : any other considered hypothetically

  1. : nearest or adjacent to

  1. : in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding

  2. : on the first occasion to come

  1. : one that is next

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