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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 had an experience there the other day.

From Los Angeles Times

"The other day, I thought of something funny/ But no-one would've laughed but you," she sang in a song simply called Celene.

From BBC

"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