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name the day
name the day
to announce when you plan to do something important, especially get married Have you and Chris named the day yet?
name the day
Fix the date for a wedding, as in Her parents pressed her to name the day. This expression was first recorded in 1766. However, similar usages for specifying a time, such as name the time, date from the late 1500s.