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from one day to the next

from one day to the next prepositional phrase: from day to day, every day.

Prepositional phrase

  1. From day to day, every day.
    • He drives a different car from one day to the next.
  2. In the span of a day.
    • They became homeless from one day to the next.
    • What I have just said, Mr. President, should serve as a sufficient answer to those who say in an ironical tone that the right of suffrage has no magic virtue in itself, and that it cannot from one day to the next transform the slave into the complete citizen, and render him capable of governing the...1865, Agénor de Gasparin, translated by Mary Louise Booth, Reconstruction! A Letter to President Johnson, page 35
    Synonyms:
    overnight

Synonyms of from one day to the next

Questions about from one day to the next

What does from one day to the next mean?
From one day to the next means from day to day, every day.
What part of speech is from one day to the next?
From one day to the next is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from one day to the next in the dictionary

  1. from now on
  2. from nowhere
  3. from off
  4. from off of
  5. from on high
  6. from one day to the next
  7. from pillar to post
  8. from post to pillar
  9. from scratch
  10. from sea to shining sea
  11. from side to side

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