yesterday — ODE

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).