win the day

English

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Verb

win the day (third-person singular simple present wins the day, present participle winning the day, simple past and past participle won the day)

1. To gain complete victory or success over something or someone.
   • 2001, Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, page 29:

     The rule utilitarian is still committed to including all preferences, no matter how morally illegitimate they may appear. Focusing on rules rather than acts may make it less likely for illegitimate preferences to win the day, but they still count on a par with all other preferences.

2. To be totally accepted by other people.

   There was plenty of competition, but our proposal won the day.

See also

• make someone's day

Further reading

• “win the day”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “win the day”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “win the day” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.