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make my day

  1. To make someone very happy: “You won first prize? Now that really makes my day!” The saying dates to the beginning of the twentieth century, but it gained popularity with its use by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies and, later, by President Ronald Reagan.



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"Go ahead, make my day," Musk fired back in response to the threat.

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The defendant may nevertheless dare Merchan, as he did another judge threatening to jail him, to “make my day.”

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He said his job had kept him motivated after his wife died and it was "the children that make my day".

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“I just dislike the pressure of making it romantic when really, if somebody handed me a rose on the street, that would make my day. Like, that’s all it takes,” she said.

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“This makes me so happy. No f— way. I know it’s hard to make my day on Emmy day, but you just made my day.”

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