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by the day
Idioms and Phrases
Also, by the hour or week or month or year . According to a specific time period, as in I'm renting this car by the day , or He's being paid by the hour . This usage generally describes some kind of rate. [1400s]Example Sentences
The policies change by the day, and even then can get retrospectively paused.
It was clearly organised, with residents telling me 20-30 lorries were arriving by the day.
The electricity won’t stay on, the water is permanently off, the bloodstain in front of Natalia’s house gets bigger by the day.
The Frenchman had a tricky start to his Madrid career, but it is becoming clearer by the day that Real's success will revolve around making Mbappe the main goalscoring focus - and leader.
The fund, which organizers say is growing by the day, will be managed and administered by the Center for Cultural Innovation, a nonprofit that since 2001 has helped artists secure financial stability.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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