"carry the day" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carries the day",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carrying the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the day",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "carry the day (third-person singular simple present carries the day, present participle carrying the day, simple past and past participle carried the day)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Jim Quigley, The Fourth Day, page 53",
          "text": "Had it been poorly received it would have become the agency's problem, which would have made it her problem; now that it was well-received it was the client's instincts, insights and courage that had carried the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jerrold M. Packard, The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family",
          "text": "As for the president, Lincoln seemed to have earnestly believed at the outset of the fight that his men would carry the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mike Moran, Bill Hunt, Search Engine Marketing, Inc.",
          "text": "As with the technology executive, your confidence about what the copywriters need to do will carry the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead to victory or success; to prevail."
      ],
      "id": "en-carry_the_day-en-verb-uNW4wiqe",
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "carry it"
        },
        {
          "word": "win the day"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "carry the day"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carries the day",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carrying the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the day",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "carry the day (third-person singular simple present carries the day, present participle carrying the day, simple past and past participle carried the day)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Jim Quigley, The Fourth Day, page 53",
          "text": "Had it been poorly received it would have become the agency's problem, which would have made it her problem; now that it was well-received it was the client's instincts, insights and courage that had carried the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jerrold M. Packard, The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family",
          "text": "As for the president, Lincoln seemed to have earnestly believed at the outset of the fight that his men would carry the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mike Moran, Bill Hunt, Search Engine Marketing, Inc.",
          "text": "As with the technology executive, your confidence about what the copywriters need to do will carry the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead to victory or success; to prevail."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "carry it"
        },
        {
          "word": "win the day"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "carry the day"
}