Emotions & feelings
a small victory
a modest success worth celebrating
A small victory is a modest success that makes you feel pleased after a difficulty or effort.
Hear it in real life
Did you manage to fix the printer?
Yes, and it felt like a small victory.
Finishing the report before lunch was a small victory after yesterday's problems.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It was a little victory.
Say: It was a small victory.
"Small victory" is the usual collocation for a modest success; "little victory" often sounds unnatural here.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a small victory; feel like a small victory
Your turn: say it out loud
Finishing the report before lunch was a small victory after yesterday's problems.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a small victory
a modest success worth celebrating
“Finishing the report before lunch was a small victory after yesterday's problems.”
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