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by the day

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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]

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"My health seems to be getting worse by the day," he said.

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Meanwhile, Musk has been watching his personal fortune shrink by the day and his reputation be blown to smithereens like one of his failed starship rockets.

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The policies change by the day, and even then can get retrospectively paused.

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It was clearly organised, with residents telling me 20-30 lorries were arriving by the day.

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The electricity won’t stay on, the water is permanently off, the bloodstain in front of Natalia’s house gets bigger by the day.

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