- on the day before today
- A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.
- yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
- The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal.
- To think I was lying on a beach only the day before yesterday.
- I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday.
- They arrived yesterday.
- Where were you yesterday morning?
- Figures released yesterday show 4,944 people were awaiting surgery.
Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See yesterday in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee yesterday in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishnot be born yesterday
- (informal) used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you
- Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.
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yesterday