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yesterday

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yesterday /ˈjɛstədeɪ , ˈjɛstədi /
adverb on the day before today:
he returned to a hero's welcome yesterday.
used in reference to a particular time period on the day before today:
my wife had a baby boy yesterday morning
the decision was the result of a meeting late yesterday afternoon.
in the recent past:
everything seems to have been built yesterday.
noun the day before today:
yesterday was Tuesday.
the recent past:
yesterday's best-sellers.
– PHRASES
yesterday's man a man, especially a politician, whose career is finished or past its peak:
he was no sooner elected leader than the media dismissed him as yesterday's man.
yesterday's news
a person or thing that is no longer of interest:
Harry is yesterday's news, diving down the ratings.
– ORIGIN Old English giestran dæg(see yester-, day).
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