the order of the day
• the prevailing custom or state of affairs.
• "on Sundays, a black suit was the order of the day"
Similar:
predominant,
prevalent,
current,
customary,
established,
common,
widespread,
preponderant,
in force,
in effect,
popular,
the in thing,
• (in a legislature) the business to be considered on a particular day.
