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every dog must have its day

every dog must have its day is the alternative form of every dog has its day.

Meaning of every dog has its day

Proverb

every dog has its day

  1. Everyone, at some point, experiences some degree of victory or success in life.
    • cæsar [...] Yes, Rufio: I am an old man—worn out now—true, quite true. [...] Well, every dog has his day; and I have had mine: I cannot complain.1898, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Cæsar and Cleopatra”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], published...

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Every dog must have its day is the alternative form of every dog has its day.

Words near every dog must have its day in the dictionary

  1. every day of the week and twice on Sunday
  2. every day of the week and twice on Sundays
  3. every dog has his day
  4. every dog has its day
  5. every dog must have his day
  6. every dog must have its day
  7. every good boy deserves favor
  8. every good boy deserves favour
  9. every good boy deserves food
  10. every good boy deserves fudge
  11. every good boy deserves fun

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