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name the day

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name the day

to announce when you plan to do something important, especially get married Have you and Chris named the day yet?

See also: name

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.

See also: name