make my day
Example Sentences
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By day two, I was lurking at the window, watching for fresh debris, whispering, “Make my day.”
"Go ahead, make my day," Musk fired back in response to the threat.
From BBC
The defendant may nevertheless dare Merchan, as he did another judge threatening to jail him, to “make my day.”
From Los Angeles Times
He said his job had kept him motivated after his wife died and it was "the children that make my day".
From BBC
“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.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.