date with destiny
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7.6
- noun
:
cita con el destino
- The graduation ceremony felt like a date with destiny for all the students involved.
- got a date with destiny
Examples
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They often said that their wedding was a date with destiny that would change their lives forever.
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I have a date with destiny.
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The A's have a date with destiny.
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And the A's date with destiny is on hold right now.
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Go to your date with destiny.
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You and I have a date with destiny, Tim.
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Miss Ryan, you and I have a date with destiny.
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I've got a date with destiny.
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And we can't afford to stop now because our nation... has a date with destiny.
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"Our guys had a date with destiny," said Giants general manager Brian Sabean, a New Hampshire native.
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Synonyms
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5.3
A meeting that changes someone's life forever
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase pairs the literal 'date' (an appointment/day) with 'destiny' (fate), so learners can plausibly infer a sense of an important appointment concerning one's future. However, the meaning is metaphorical and evaluative (an occasion that determines one's future) rather than strictly compositional, so a B1 learner who knows the words may only partially recover the full idiomatic force.
Etymology
Date with destiny may come from the image of arranging a meeting, a date, with your future, destiny. So it feels like a set appointment where one moment will decide your life, and it means 'an event that decides your future'.