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day in the sun

day in the sun noun: a time of glory or ascendancy.

Noun

day in the sun (plural days in the sun)

  1. (idiomatic) A time of glory or ascendancy.
    • The American Party enjoyed a brief day in the sun: in 1854 proponents elected seventy-five members of the House of Representatives and in Massachusetts garnered 376 of 378 seats in the state legislature.1992, Mark A. Noll, A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, page 210
    Synonyms:
    time in the sun

Synonyms of day in the sun

Forms of day in the sun

pluraldays in the sun

Questions about day in the sun

What does day in the sun mean?
Day in the sun means a time of glory or ascendancy.
What part of speech is day in the sun?
Day in the sun is a noun.
What is the plural of day in the sun?
The plural of day in the sun is days in the sun.

Words near day in the sun in the dictionary

  1. day geckos
  2. day gone by
  3. day hand
  4. day in and day out
  5. day in court
  6. day in the sun
  7. day in, day out
  8. day job
  9. day jobs
  10. day labor
  11. day laborer

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