win the day
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Meaning · English
To succeed or achieve victory in a challenging situation
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
thành công hoặc đạt được chiến thắng trong tình huống khó khăn
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: gain victory on a particular day
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
In his view it was disgusting that the union had been forced to battle for four years to win the day.
But it was only Mr Yeltsin's behind - the - scenes authority which won the day for the reformers, and the respite is likely to be brief.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “win the day” mean?
To succeed or achieve victory in a challenging situation Literally: gain victory on a particular day
Is “win the day” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.