Adverb
the day before
On the preceding day.
Synonym: the previous day
Coordinate term: yesterday
Coordinate terms: the next day, the day after, the following day
It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before. Luc Besson
People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong. Bill Vaughan
Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today. Felix Frankfurter
Don't praise the day before sunset. Polish Proverb
More festive than the feast itself is the day before. Japanese Proverb
The day before yesterday and yesterday are not the same as today. Kenyan Proverb