carry the day

1. Win, prevail, as in At auctions the wealthiest bidders usually carry the day. [Late 1600s]

Example Sentences

Critics have said voting recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis often carry the day, forcing boards to follow pay and governance practices they might otherwise eschew.

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Should Hamid’s righteous fury or Vahid’s rationality carry the day?

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When they arrived at the Supreme Court in 2005, the arguments they advanced in the 1980s would carry the day — not because things had changed in the South, but because the arena and the players shifted from Congress and the White House into the courts.

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AI stocks implies that it’s a given that they will carry the day.

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“We’re holding out to make Republicans fund health care priorities they oppose” is an argument that won’t carry the day in most fora.

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Related Words

• conquer 
• dominate 
• flourish 
• overcome 
• overwhelm 
• prevail 
• prosper 
• sweep 
• thrive 
• trounce 
• win