on the day
idiom
British
: on the day that an event happens
I know we seem a bit disorganized now, but we'll be all right on the day.
Whether we win or not depends on which players are healthy on the day.
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Her complaint alleged the school's assistant principal at the time, Ebony Parker, failed to act after being informed multiple times that her student had a firearm on the day of the incident and did not let staff search him prior to the shooting.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
American flags are ordered to fly at half-staff until sunset on the day of Cheney's interment services, according to the state Department of Military Affairs.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Trump said on the day the shutdown ended in 2019.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
OpenAI made the pledge to improve its safety protections for people in mental distress on the day the Raine family filed their suit.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
American flags are ordered to fly at half-staff until sunset on the day of Cheney's interment services, according to the state Department of Military Affairs.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Trump said on the day the shutdown ended in 2019.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
OpenAI made the pledge to improve its safety protections for people in mental distress on the day the Raine family filed their suit.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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“On the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20day. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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