have had one's day

A form of have seen one's day — Of a person, thing, idea, etc., to be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.

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Meanings

verbhave had one's day (third-person singular simple present has had one's day, present participle having had one's day, simple past and past participle had had one's day)

present singular third person has had one's day · participle present having had one's day · participle past had had one's day · past had had one's day

  1. alternativeAlternative form of have seen one's day.

    It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.

    1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324
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