crack of dawn
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crack of dawn (plural cracks of dawn)
- (idiomatic) The first moment of daylight; before sunrise.
- 1985, Anne Tyler, chapter 20, in The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN:
- "This is high-speed travel, Muriel. Not fun. I'm waking up at crack of dawn."
Synonyms[edit]
- daybreak, break of dawn, sparrow-fart (Commonwealth slang); see also Thesaurus:dawn
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crack of dawn — see daybreak
sunrise — see sunrise