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name the day



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Idioms and Phrases

Fix the date for a wedding, as in Her parents pressed her to name the day . This expression was first recorded in 1766. However, similar usages for specifying a time, such as name the time , date from the late 1500s.
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In between the sections, there are extracts from Name the Day, many of them posts from OneCorn, a frequent user who often writes about Genesis — especially the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Lot.

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In as short a time as Mr. Collins’s long speeches would allow, everything was settled between them to the satisfaction of both; and as they entered the house he earnestly entreated her to name the day that was to make him the happiest of men; and though such a solicitation must be waived for the present, the lady felt no inclination to trifle with his happiness.

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The suspect also reportedly owns another vehicle -- a Jaguar -- that he transferred to another name the day after McCann's disappearance.

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The man transferred it to someone else's name the day after she vanished.

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Ramsay responded by asking Lil Nas X to “name the day.”

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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