any day

1. No particular time, as in It doesn't matter when; any day is fine with me .

2. Also, any day now . Quite soon, as in I might get a call any day , or There could be a snowstorm any day now .

3. Also, any day of the week . Every day, as in I could eat fresh corn any day of the week . All three senses employ any in the sense of “no matter which,” a usage dating from a.d. 1000.

Example Sentences

It was still fully expected that any day Franklin would return in triumph.

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Dealing with teenagers can be challenging at times, but “at this point I’ll take them over a bunch of lawyers and judges any day.”

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It should be finished any day now.

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He’s going to turn Cleopatra’s Needle and put it on its pedestal any day now.

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“When I think about what matters more for economic growth, and therefore for the labor market and for our price mandate, it’s absolutely going to be housing relative to equity markets any day of the week,” he said.

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