other day, the

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the other day

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Idioms and Phrases

One day recently, a short time ago, as in I saw her in the museum the other day . This term originally meant either “the next day” or “the preceding day” (tomorrow or yesterday). In its current meaning it was first recorded in 1421.

Example Sentences

"I walked past a prisoner the other day who shouted, 'sing us a song'."

From BBC

The other day I was biking home from Westwood to Venice, as I had for nearly a decade.

From Los Angeles Times

One cabinet minister I spoke to the other day waxed lyrical about plans for their connections with a Harris administration.

From BBC

“Did you hear what Donny Trump said the other day?” the rapper Cardi B said onstage at a Friday rally for Harris, who also was in Milwaukee.

From Los Angeles Times

“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’” Biden said in the video recording, referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s comment at the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden.

From Salon