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Definition of have a nice day

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: goodbye —used especially as way of saying goodbye to customers in a store or business that one has dealt with only briefly
  • Thank you. Have a nice day!

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nice play

  1. : wanton, dissolute

  2. : coy, reticent

  3. : showing fastidious or finicky tastes : particular

  1. : in a nice or pleasing way

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day play

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

  2. : daylight

  3. : daytime

See the full definition of day

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