have had one's day

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have 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)

  1. Alternative form of have seen one's day
    • 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
      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.