on the day

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British

: on the day that an event happens

I know we seem a bit disorganized now, but we'll be all right on the day.

Whether we win or not depends on which players are healthy on the day.

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But how this comes to life on the day in their building for their fans in the stadium [matters to them]. —

Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024 Launching large-scale missile and drone attacks on the day of the Lord's birth is wrong. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 The unraveling of his trial centered on 23 rounds of ammunition that a man named Troy Teske — a friend of Ms. Gutierrez-Reed’s father, a veteran Hollywood armorer — delivered to the local sheriff’s office on the day the armorer’s trial ended in March. —

Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 As seen in the graphic below, Adams covered a ton of ground on the day. —

Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the day