take one day at a time

take one day at a time (third-person singular simple present takes one day at a time, present participle taking one day at a time, simple past took one day at a time, past participle taken one day at a time)

1. (ambitransitive) To approach each situation with focus on the present rather than preoccupation about the future.

   Near-synonym: take things as they come

   Take one day at a time.

   Take things one day at a time.

   Take it one day at a time.

• “take one day at a time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “take it/things one day at a time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “take one day at a time”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.