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saw the day

saw the day is the simple past of see the day.

Meaning of see the day

Verb

see the day (third-person singular simple present sees the day, present participle seeing the day, simple past saw the day, past participle seen the day)

  1. To experience in one's lifetime.
    • I don't know if I'll ever see the day when that bully will apologize for all the times he wronged me.

Questions about saw the day

What is saw the day the simple past of?
Saw the day is the simple past of see the day.

Words near saw the day in the dictionary

  1. saw stroke
  2. saw teeth
  3. saw the baby in half
  4. saw the back of
  5. saw the dark side of the moon
  6. saw the day
  7. saw the elephant
  8. saw the error of one's ways
  9. saw the forest for the trees
  10. saw the glass half-empty
  11. saw the glass half-full

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