make someone's day

verb

To make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.

“Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.”

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Meanings

verbmake someone's day (third-person singular simple present makes someone's day, present participle making someone's day, simple past and past participle made someone's day)

present singular third person makes someone's day · participle present making someone's day · participle past made someone's day · past made someone's day

  1. idiomaticTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.

    Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.

    1 more example

    Go ahead. Make my day.

    1983, Joseph Stinson, Sudden Impact (motion picture), spoken by Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)

    Synonyms: cheer up, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 使某人心花怒放
  • 使某人心花怒放 (shǐ mǒurén xīnhuānùfàng)make someone happy
Finnish ilahduttaa, tehdä joku iloiseksi
  • ilahduttaamake someone happy
  • tehdä joku iloiseksimake someone happy
French faire plaisir à quelqu'un, rendre quelqu'un heureux (pour la journée)
  • faire plaisir à quelqu'unmake someone happy
  • rendre quelqu'un heureux (pour la journée)make someone happy
  • faire sa journéemake someone happy
German jemanden glücklich machen, jemandem Freude machen
  • jemanden glücklich machenmake someone happy
  • jemandem Freude machenmake someone happy
  • jemandem den Tag rettenmake someone happy
Hungarian feldobja/bearanyozza a napját
  • feldobja/bearanyozza a napjátmake someone happy
Icelandic gleðja einhvern
  • gleðja einhvernmake someone happy
Italian far felice qualcuno, rallegrare la giornata a qualcuno
  • far felice qualcunomake someone happy
  • rallegrare la giornata a qualcunomake someone happy
  • migliorare la giornata a qualcunomake someone happy
Polish upiększać komuś dzień, upiększyć komuś dzień
  • upiększać komuś dzieńmake someone happy
  • upiększyć komuś dzieńmake someone happy
Russian осчастли́вить кого́-то, пора́довать кого́-то
  • осчастли́вить кого́-то (osčastlívitʹ kovó-to)make someone happy
  • пора́довать кого́-то (porádovatʹ kovó-to)make someone happy
Spanish alegrarle el día a alguien, hacérsela buena a alguien
  • alegrarle el día a alguienmake someone happy
  • hacérsela buena a alguienmake someone happy
  • darle el gusto a alguienmake someone happy
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Chicago

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