the other day
A few days back
The other day means recently, within the past few days or weeks.
The phrase is deliberately vague—it could be yesterday or two weeks ago: I ran into your mother the other day.
The imprecision often signals that the exact timing doesn't matter to the point being made.
- in the pastPreviously occurred
- recentlyIn the near past
- not long agoIn the near past
- latelyIn recent times
- sometimeAt an unspecified moment
earlier · happened · memory · this morning · past · yesternight · last week · reminisce · the day before · newly · remember · recall · ago · momentary · previous · once · before · fleeting
- recent pastlast week, last month, this morning, last night, just now
temporal proximity
the other daylong ago
In the distant past
ages ago · years ago · way back when · once upon a time · back in the day
temporal direction
the other dayone of these days
An unspecified future time
in the near future · soon · before long · any day now · shortly