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good day
interjection
- a conventional expression used at meeting or parting during the daytime.
good day
sentence substitute
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell used during the day
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of good day1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, good afternoon or evening or morning . Formal ways of saying “Hello” or “Goodbye.” For example, He began rather oddly by addressing the audience with “ Good day ,” or “ Good afternoon, ladies ,” said the sales clerk as we walked out . All these greetings represent an abbreviation of the now obsolete God give you a good day (afternoon, etc.) , which dates from about 1200. Also see good night .Example Sentences
As the Dodgers’ mascot and trophy chauffeur Ice Cube once famously said, “Today was a good day.”
It really highlights what Eryri has got to offer, but unfortunately some of that footage is taken on a good day when it hasn't rained.
Favela and Ríos said it’s a good day when there are no ICE sightings.
Parr added he wanted to contrast "people having a good day out" with the "shabby backdrop".
“Today overall,” manager Dave Roberts said, “was a really good day for all of us.”
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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